Florida is the most hurricane-prone state in the US, vulnerable to an average $15.4 billion in storm damages annually. So it's perplexing that state government hasn't made at least as much fanfare about microgrids as places like California and New Jersey. But even if its government isn't leading the way, microgrids are cropping up in the state.
In Florida, both Florida Power & Light (FPL) and Tampa Electric are partnering on microgrid projects. FPL, which describes itself as the largest energy company in the US as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, was featured in not one, but two microgrid announcements this week.
The microgrid will include a 150-kW photovoltaic solar array and a 450-kW, 2.5-hour battery energy storage system. Like most microgrids, the system won't just run during power outages. Under normal conditions it will serve the larger grid.
Florida public power utility OUC is collaborating with Capacitech Energy in a microgrid project to demonstrate Capacitech Energy''s largest deployment to date of the PowerLink, a cable
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NextNRG has secured a long-term lease option on 1,600 acres in Nassau County, Florida for the potential deployment of a 200 MW smart microgrid.
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The development of dimethyl ether (DME) technology for advanced microgrid design is in an early growth stage, with increasing market potential as the demand for clean energy solutions rises.
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It''s generally more difficult for private developers to build sophisticated microgrids in states like Florida that did not undergo industry restructuring. Utilities in these states have more monopoly sway.
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Building a microgrid is more appealing and more doable than ever before. Solar-plus-battery microgrids (unlike generators) are not susceptible to the fossil supply chain issues that hit
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None of the microgrid equipment was damaged by the hurricane. The system provided 100% uptime to customers, even when the grid-tie went down for three days.
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When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas in 2022, more than two million people lost power. But microgrids kept critical services running at hospitals, universities,...
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FPL and FIU engineering faculty and students built a microgrid to supply back-up power to FIU''s engineering campus during extreme weather events – a leading cause of power outages.
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Duke Energy Overview: Regulated Utilities Florida • 50 MW under construction (6 sites) DEP / DEC (Carolina''s Total)
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Florida has always been weather-vulnerable. But the combination of stronger storms, hotter summers, and an aging central grid means outages are no longer just an inconvenience —
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