{"id":13580,"date":"2015-07-13T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2015-07-12T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:56:05","slug":"hospitals-most-likely-to-deploy-microgrids-sgmc-next-to-vsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/hospitals-most-likely-to-deploy-microgrids-sgmc-next-to-vsu.html","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals most likely to deploy microgrids: SGMC next to VSU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAccording to a thesis at Georgia Southern, hospitals are the most likely\r\n<a title=\"904x430 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=13573\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" alt=\"300x143 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/b453d227ca8ce745327e2fdadf9509a4.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nindustry to form microgrids, and it&#8217;s not just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/new-york-state-awards-funds-to-85-local-microgrid-projects.html\">\r\nNew York State<\/a> doing microgrids; even Alabama has one.\r\nSouth Georgia Medical Center plus VSU seems like a good microgrid opportunity.\r\nPut solar panels on the roofs, buy some Tesla Powerwalls for backup,\r\nexperiment with some wind&#8230;.\r\nMaybe the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority could help.\r\nAnd use the electricity bill money saved to fund public transportation!\r\n<p>\r\nMatthew S. Purser, Georgia Southern, Spring 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu\/etd\/1087\/\">\r\nA Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University<\/a>.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"Industries\" href=\"#Industries\">Industries<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p>\r\nNumber 2 is military: Moody Air Force Base, which has to meet\r\nan aggressive DoD renewable energy target.\r\nNumber 3 is government: put solar panels on the county palace and the City\r\nHall parking lots, plus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/solar-lowndes-high.html\">solar Lowndes High and Valdosta High School<\/a>.\r\nNumber four is utilities: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/georgia-power-starts-selling-rooftop-solar-tomorrow.html\">Georgia Power is bragging on billboards<\/a> about Giving You the Power to Go Solar.\r\nSounds like a winning team for Winnersville!\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"724x562 Industries, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=13569\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"600x466 Industries, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/a171abcf860ea9400abf2952a1019324.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"States\" href=\"#States\">States<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p>\r\nGeorgia is\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/georgia-1-in-solar-jobs-and-china-beats-its-own-emissions-pledge.html\">\r\nthe fastest-growing solar market in the U.S.<\/a>\r\nSome microgrid projects would make it grow even faster.\r\nAnd where&#8217;s the Sunshine State?\r\nEven\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/southern-company-and-duke-backing-solar-florida.html\">\r\nSouthern Company and Duke Energy are backing solar in Florida<\/a>.\r\nHow about some microgrids?\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"904x430 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=13573\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"600x285 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/4574d9af39796ff009f58bd3760b636b.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a thesis at Georgia Southern, hospitals are the most likely industry to form microgrids, and it&#8217;s not just New York State doing microgrids; even Alabama has one. South Georgia Medical Center plus VSU seems like a good microgrid opportunity. 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