Clean Grid Technology, Connectivity, Markets & Business, Markets & Trends
Microgrids Keeping Airlines Ready for Takeoff
This article was originally published on cnbc.com on Nov. 3, 2019. Should airports go off the grid? Pittsburgh International Airport — and others — think so. Remember that 11-hour power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in December 2017 that canceled hundreds of flights, stranded thousands of passengers and cost Delta Airlines alone an estimated $50 million […]
airport, microgrid, natural gas, power outage, resiliency, solar panels
Markets & Business, Markets & Trends
Ask the Expert: Resiliency – What is it? Why are people talking about it, and how do you get it?
Zondits explores resiliency – what it means and how we get there after a heat wave and flash flooding in New York City triggered a power outage.
Con Edison, Energy storage, grid resiliency, heat wave, power outage, resiliency
Building Technology, Whole Building
What’s Missing When We Value CHP?
Written by Gita Subramony, ERS for Zondits, May 2, 2018 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) can be a more efficient way to generate electricity. For facilities implementing CHP, the value proposition typically centers on utility bill reduction. Using natural gas to generate electricity on-site can be cheaper than buying electricity from the grid, especially when […]
ACEEE, CHP, cogeneration, combined heat and power, resiliency
Clean Grid Technology, Connectivity
Keeping the Lights On
Gita Subramony, ERS, for Zondits CityLab takes a look at Hoboken New Jersey’s plans to develop its own back-up power supply. In 2012, Hoboken was one of the many communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from New York City, is a low-lying urban community, and it was almost completely underwater […]
Clean Grid Technology, Connectivity
Microgrids: An AGRION Interview with Rahul Gupta
Interview with Rahul Gupta of PwC on microgrids AGRION Interviews, March 10, 2015
Program Evaluation, Programs & Policy
Massachusetts Awards $18.4 Million for Energy Resiliency Projects
The piece left out some important facts that are necessary to understand the whole picture. Massachusetts is first in the nation for energy efficiency for a reason. It delivers more efficiency based on a percentage of energy sales than any other state in the country.