MIT's Kirtley noted that remote microgrids that aren't connected to a larger main grid would also require overbuilt generation and energy storage even during normal operations, since they can't get backup power from another central power plant. (vox.com)
«Our job has become much more complex,» Scheibner said in an interview from the control center outside Berlin owned by 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, one of Germany's four main grid operators. (bloomberg.com)
Any excess power could also be sold back to the main grid network — which actually could generate a small flow of profit. (smallbusinessesdoitbetter.com)