America’s Power Grid Is at Risk. We Have the Tools to Fix It – But We Need the Will

Guest Editorial | by Desmond Wheatley, Beam Global

Whether it’s an unusually but predictably cold Texas winter freezing natural gas supplies, or a band of hackers shutting down a major oil pipeline and demanding millions in ransom, recent energy crises have confirmed again the vulnerability of the United States power grid. Federal officials have long known of the threats facing the nation’s outmoded hub-and-spoke system. Yet, despite mounting blackouts and brownouts across the country as aging infrastructure fails to keep pace with growing demand, there has been little innovation to shore up our energy supply. Revolutionary technology and tools can help diversify and protect American power. We must marshal the resources, bolstered by the will of the public and private sectors to boost our energy resiliency and transform how this country runs.

Thinking small

Emerging energy resiliency resources such as microgrids have the potential to reshape how energy is generated, stored and distributed across the United States. Microgrids are small, local self-sufficient power networks, found in a broad variety of locations, such as on military installations and college campuses, that can continue operating in the event of a large-scale power failure. There are about 160 across the U.S. that generate just 0.2% of American power.

Microgrid power is derived from diverse, distributed generation, rather than a single, centralized source. This diversification can better withstand the catastrophic weather events, voltage fluctuations, and equipment failures that can take down a massive power grid anywhere along thousands of miles of transmission lines or hundreds of thousands of miles of distribution lines. The demand for off-grid power sources is steadily increasing, with the number of microgrids expected to grow by more than 27% to $33 billion by 2027, according to industry projections.

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