Microgrid Knowledge Presentation | Microgrids for Mission Critical Systems

Last year, a combination of factors caused an unprecedented blackout in Spain and Portugal, leaving the Iberian peninsula without power for several hours. It took less than two seconds for 60% of the grid to go down and 90 seconds for the entire grid to follow, taking 15 gigawatts of power offline. Unfortunately, outages like this one are going to become increasingly common in the next few years in the United States because today's aging electric grid isn't built to support new technologies and power sources, e2Companies CEO James Richmond shared in a presentation at Microgrid Knowledge. "We’ve tripled the amount of transmission spending and increased distribution spending by $31 billion over the past 20 years," he said. "However, the Energy Information Administration still expects 100 times more outages in 2030 compared to 2024. That’s 150 outages a year, 750 hours of outages, at a cost of potentially $15 trillion. Half of the United States GDP. This is the crisis that’s not being talked about in this country." Richmond shared how e2Companies’ patented R3Di® System and Virtual Utility® helps mission-critical facilities stay online despite grid challenges and address power quality issues that damage sensitive equipment. For instance, G.A. Wintzer, a rendering facility in Wapakoneta, Ohio, was burning through about $1 million of motors per year prior to installing the R3Di System. The R3Di® System provides continuous, clean and conditioned power, and the generator ensures the batteries are charged and ready to pick up the full load requirement at all times. It can connect to any energy source in front of or behind the meter, as well as renewable energy sources. The other component of Virtual Utility is e2Companies' Grove365®, an AI-powered energy monitoring software that monitors energy consumption and costs. Combined with a network operations team, the Grove monitors weather, market pricing, grid conditions and energy assets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure the R3Di® System is operating at ideal times based on your specific energy management strategy. Learn more at e2Companies.com and schedule a consultation today. #Grid3.0 #gridmodernization #R3DI #VirtualUtility #virtualpowerplant #microgrid #energyreliability #powergeneration #batteryenergystorage #energymanagement #energyprocurement #distributedenergyresources #uninterruptiblepowersupply #microgridknowledge Website: e2Companies.com LinkedIn:   / e2companies