| | September 20198Mike Byrnes, Senior Vice President, Veolia North AmericaByCould you talk about the role of microgrids in the utility landscape?Microgrid technology is assisting in increasing efficiency, and resiliency to enhance an organization's relationship with its environment. With microgrids becoming beneficial for the rising global energy demand, Veolia is building large, resilient power and thermal projects every year. Also, the local utility markets are assisting us by providing access to ancillary services markets that are flexible including capacity, voltage support, and frequency regulation--for clients to yield profits and support their capital investment for the microgrid technology. We are helping our clients address environmental and sustainability challenges to enhance their energy efficiency and water and wastewater management. What are the pain points and challenges that need to be addressed in the microgrids sector?For resiliency purposes and economic reasons, businesses are moving toward the on-site generation of microgrids, which enables them to buy and sell with the local utility. Puerto Rico is one such example where one can take a portion of the island, a couple of industrial sites or a small town, to install solar power generation and battery storage for renewable components. In the event that the local grid goes down during natural disasters such as hurricanes and storms, these microgrids can still serve Mike ByrnesIN MY OPINIONResourcing Organizations with Microgrids
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