Microgrid FAQs - Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program

Explanation of (infographics?): 

Solar farm 

Community battery 

Household battery 

Rooftop solar 

Microgrid 

Governance 

Control 

Islanded mode/during normal conditions 

Network – poles and wires 

National Grid – worth providing brief explanation of balancing grid and how DER and microgrids help with this? And why locally consumed energy is useful?  

 

Content 

How does a microgrid interact with the grid? What is the difference between a community battery and a microgrid? 

What are the main benefits of a microgrid? 

Table showing potential values and how a microgrid might help to deliver them. (column for alternatives that might deliver them better?) 

Completed business model canvas? 

 

Multimedia 

Essential Energy presentation video 

Hedda/Bjorn presentation video 

 

Alternatives to Microgrids 

Load Shifting 

Energy efficiency 

Community Batteries 

Community Solar Farms