The Electric Avenue Webinar Series

These live webinars present opportunities for interaction with thoughts leaders shaping the energy landscape, and how distributed energy resources and microgrids integrate with that planning.

Produced by EMerge Alliance

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This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Compare Microgrid Networks to Virtual Power Plants
• Define the path to resiliency via deployment of microgrids
• Understand the best way to facilitate all forms of energy use
• Lower the cost and increase the employment of local power production
• Network power in a resilient local microgrid mesh to handle peak loads and islanding events

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why storage is significant
• Incorporation of EV charging and electric heat pump loads
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combinations
• Include mixed use commercial facility loads

• H2 fuel cells for large capacity
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

This market segment is already implementing basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, what future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Neighborhood and community microgrids
• Community level Virtual Power Plant (VPP) networks

• Distributed semi-autonomous microgrid power management
• Bi-directional capability
• H2 long term storage

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The growing desire to transition to a cleaner, more electricity centric energy economy is forcing the issue of grid adequacy. One answer is the greater use of distributed energy resources, primarily incorporated into distributed microgrids that can bi-directionally exchange power in an increasingly transactive mesh network of grids. The advantages of moving in this direction are becoming increasingly apparent, but so are  the challenges to do so. This webinar will discuss the basic configuration options included in the Grid-of-Grids solution to provide more and cleaner power at the grid edge. A part of this discussion will include the increasing use of direct current and hybrid AC/DC microgrid architectures.  Interconnection challenges faced by operators on both sides of the meter will be reviewed, including the notion of a semi-autonomous balancing authority which can manage “Ask/Offer” arbitration, virtual and physical firewalling of control and power flow in a zero-trust cyber environment, physical power flow safety, and metering and revenue management. Test, pilot and real time commercial examples of power systems that are addressing and resolving these issues will be reviewed and discussed.

The increasing desire for home owners to use Electric Vehicles, Electric Heat Pumps, and an increasing thirst for smart home electric appliances and home entertainment are putting a premium of the supply of electricity.  One obvious solution is for consumers to move from being part of the ‘problem’ to become part of the solution by installing home embedded microgrids.  The evolution from home solar generation, to solar storage systems to full-blown home microgrids is beginning to take shape.  But the variety of choices facing buyers can be daunting.  This webinar will discuss the merits of various system topologies, and relate the experience of the panelists regarding actual tested, piloted and installed systems.  Projects covers will include, the Purdue DC Home, the TECO deployed Emera Residential Development Microgrid platform, and the Kirtland AFB Housing Microgrid Network.

Join RE+ Infrastructure Partner EMerge Alliance’s Chairman, Brian T. Patterson, and the participating company representatives for a sneak-preview of this year's "live" microgrid demonstration in the Infrastructure section at the RE+ Anaheim Conference and Exhibition in September.   Dive into "Digital Fault Managed Power (FMP)," Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid powered homes with both AC and DC powered appliances, HVAC systems and EV charging, residential development peer-to-peer microgrid networks, and in general, how the future of smart electricity is evolving as technology continues to innovate the solar industry. Don't miss out of this exclusive look behind the scenes of the world's biggest and best microgrid demonstration on a tradeshow floor.

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Eliminate the use of fossil fuel combustion electricity generation
• Best facilitate all forms of clean EV transportation, personal, fleet, car, truck, bus, service (forklifts, special lifts), etc.
• Lower the cost and increase the convenience of EV driving
• Increase generation/supply of electricity for EV’s
• Network power in resilient local microgrid mesh to handle charging peak loads

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why storage is significant
• DC fast charge capability
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combination
• Include mixed use service center loads
• H₂ fuel cells for large capacity
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

And while this market segment is just beginning to implement relatively basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, what future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Autonomous EV charging capable
• Wireless charge points
• Bi-directional capability
• EV-Pass – no-stop charging
• H₂ distribution points
• Virtual PP networks

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Eliminate the use of fossil fuel combustion electricity generation
• Best way to facilitate all forms of energy use
• Lower the cost and increase the convenience of local power production
• Network power in resilient local microgrid mesh to handle charging peak loads

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why storage is significant
• Incorporation of EV charging and electric heat pump loads
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combination
• Include mixed use commercial facility loads
• H₂ fuel cells for large capacity
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

And while this market segment is just beginning to implement relatively basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, what future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Autonomous microgrid power management
• Fault-Managed Power
• Bi-directional capability
• H₂ long term storage
• Virtual PP networks

Invited industry experts will provide actual use case projects in this market application of microgrids. This webinar is part of a 10 part series that will run through May 2023.  All past programs are recorded and archived for on-demand viewing.

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Identifying the threats to national, regional and local power systems
• Defining the path to resiliency via deployment of microgrids
• Best way to facilitate all forms of energy use
• Lower the cost and increase the employment of local power production
• Network power in resilient local microgrid mesh to handle peak loads and islanding events

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why storage is significant
• Incorporation of EV charging and electric heat pump loads
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combination
• Include mixed use commercial facility loads
• H₂ fuel cells for large capacity
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

This market segment is already implementing basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, what future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Autonomous microgrid power management
• Fault-Managed Power
• Bi-directional capability
• H₂ long term storage
• Virtual PP networks

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on:

• Identifying the challenges to national, regional and local power systems
• Defining the path to resiliency via deployment of microgrids
• The best way to facilitate multiple forms of energy use, i.e. AC and DC
• Lowering the cost and increasing the employment of grid edge power delivery
• Utility networking of power in resilient local microgrid mesh to handle peak loads and islanding events

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why and where storage is significant
• Peak load strategies for EV charging and electric heat pump loads
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combinations
• Including mixed use commercial facility loads
• H₂ fuel cells for large capacity backup generation
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

The utility market segment is already implementing basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, but future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Autonomous microgrid power management
• Fault-Managed Power
• Bi-directional capability
• H₂ long term storage
• Virtual PP networks

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Identify the challenges to power off-grid locations
• Define the path to remote application power via deployment of microgrids
• Optimize multiple forms of energy use, i.e. AC and DC
• Lower the cost and increase the safety of off-grid power delivery
• Provide the building blocks for eventual grid integration.

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why and where remote microgrids are useful
• DC coupling of essential microgrid elements
• Distributed intelligence for microgrid management
• Commercial and residential off-grid applications
• Alternates for backup generation
• Storage strategies for high instantaneous load profile challenges

The utility market segment is beginning to implement remote off-grid microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, but future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Reducing the danger of long remote overhead wiring
• Self-contained microgrid power systems
• Remote black-start capability
• Preservation of scenic and environmentally sensitive terrain

This Electric Avenue segment will focus on how to:

• Identify the threats to local mission critical power systems
• Define the path to resiliency via deployment of microgrids
• Find the best way to facilitate all forms of energy use
• Lower the cost and increase the employment of local power production
• Network power in resilient local microgrid mesh to handle peak loads and islanding events

Some architectural and interconnection considerations include:

• Why storage is significant
• DC coupled bi-directional power flow
• Grid and local virtual power network combination
• Include mixed use commercial facility loads
• H₂ fuel cells for large capacity
• High instantaneous load profile challenges

This market segment is already implementing basic microgrids in their infrastructure topologies, what future advanced considerations are already in the works, including:

• Autonomous microgrid power management
• Fault-Managed Power
• Bi-directional capability
• H₂ long term storage
• Virtual Power Plant (VPP) networks
• Neighborhood and community microgrids