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Hospitals most likely to deploy microgrids: SGMC next to VSU?

According to a thesis at Georgia Southern, hospitals are the most likely

300x143 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014
industry to form microgrids, and it’s not just
New York State doing microgrids; even Alabama has one.
South Georgia Medical Center plus VSU seems like a good microgrid opportunity.
Put solar panels on the roofs, buy some Tesla Powerwalls for backup,
experiment with some wind….
Maybe the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority could help.
And use the electricity bill money saved to fund public transportation!

Matthew S. Purser, Georgia Southern, Spring 2014,

A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University. Continue reading →

New York State awards funds to 85 local microgrid projects

Georgia could do this.
Or the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority could do it locally.
At least

one student at Georgia Southern did a thesis on a mcirogrid there.
Where’s VSU? Wiregrass Tech? ABAC?


Katherine Tweed, Greentechmedia, 9 July 2015,

New York Looks to Cement Its Lead as Microgrid Capital of the World, Continue reading →