The Case for Micro Grids Energy Storage

For many the term smart grid resonates as they have in their recent experiences may have heard, seen or even own a smart meter – it is simple, your every energy whim, use, and future use will be tracked, analyzed as Big Data does, telling the people controlling and selling the energy how your energy is invested. It is all on a a very large scale often encompassing a large region such as a large city, a county or the coverage territory for a major utility.  Micro Grids like micro breweries allow the smaller operators to create their own energy within their own confines, allowing them to control it on a much smaller scale.  ie. such as a university, a manufacturing site, technology park, or even in your own home.  The concept of distributed generation is a reality in  many parts of the world where small independent organizations can produce, store, and even sell their own energy has hit home for many utilities who in most cases now only own the electric wires that transport the goods.   The growing ability to produce electricity has spawned a vast array of energy storage options as described in the Navigant Report on energy storage options.  For an in-depth review of the latest technologies.  Energy Storage Research