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Why Microgrids Are the Key to Our Carbon-Neutral Future
As we continue to work toward a more sustainable future globally, demand for renewable energy integration is increasing. This requires more flexibility in grid infrastructure and the ability to add more types of distributed energy resources (DERs), including wind and solar. There is also a strong drive to move beyond a centralized grid to a more distributed one in order to reduce large-scale outages and deliver electricity to remote areas. Declining technology costs for key DER assets such as solar PV and advanced energy storage systems as well as business models linked to long-term financing offers are driving accelerated adoption of smaller, smarter, and cleaner energy systems.
Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:03am
Sen. Lisa Murkowski saw her nearly six-year effort at an energy reform bill finally passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump last month. (Photo/Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/Tribune News Service)
Tucked amongst the 5,500-some pages of legislation with more than $2 trillion in spending and COVID-19 aid that President Donald Trump signed last month was one of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s biggest policy accomplishments, but according to Murkowski, that’s sort of how she wanted it.
The 532 pages of the year-end omnibus spending bill that comprise the Energy Act of 2020 culminate almost six years of work, procedural hang-ups and near-victories for Murkowski, who credited her staff for their continual effort.