At the end of a heavily wooded, sparse industrial park here sits the North American headquarters and R&D center for Schneider Electric, which earlier this month unveiled its own campus power microgrid. The microgrid for the global energy management conglomerate is expected to produce 520,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year, or 10% of Schneider Electric’s power needs. It’s also expected to reduce its energy costs by 20%. Perhaps more importantly, the microgrid incorporates a
Microgrids: Energy independence (and money saved) for companies
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