Electrical Industry Canada Power Quality Issue - 10

THE IMPACT OF MICROGRIDS AND ENERGY-AS-A-SERVICE
ON ENERGY RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY
BY BLAKE MARCHAND
Earlier this year, Schneider Electric released
its Microgrid Solution focused on small and
medium sized buildings to the Canadian
market. The solution integrates distributed
energy resources for commercial, industrial,
healthcare, and educational facilities. The
solution can also be applied to small, remote
communities where energy resiliency is an
issue.
When it comes to lowering carbon
emissions and hitting climate change targets,
" Ultimately, we need to think of how we can

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do it, " said Revuru, " that's where we want to
help our customers. " The aim for Schneider
Electric is to make a complex process like
turning a facility into a microgrid, into
something that is simple and turn-key.
" The building codes are changing,
buildings are being taxed to go net-zero or
even net-positives, " said Revuru. He added
that a main focus for Schneider Electric was to
deliver the solution in a simple, complete
package to make it a more realistic investment.
" Microgrid in a box. "

" We want to design and integrate a
Microgrid solution in one box and that box can
be drop shipped wherever we want to bring
the sustainability and resiliency. "
Schneider Electric uses data analytics to
optimize energy usage, managing connection
to the grid and DERs to reduce power
consumption during peak periods, as well as
when to produce, store, and sell back to the
utility.
Even at the residential level, Revuru
explained, builders are looking at how they
can implement these types of technologies.
" Most of the systems that need to be
integrated, we build into this box. If you think
of a sustainable solution for a community or a
building, you need to think of how you can
bring the renewable energy to the building,
you also have energy storage, and any other
distributed energy source we need to bring
into the picture. "
Essentially, the various energy resources -
the grid, solar, generators etc., can be brought
into one picture and actively managed and
optimized through data and analytics.
" Something needs to orchestrate what
energy needs to be consumed, what energy
needs to be stored, which energy needs to be
sold - if the utility is ready to take the energy,
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