How PG&E is using microgrids to further its sustainability and safety goals

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An overhead view of the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid / Credit: PG&E
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An overhead view of the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid / Credit: PG&E

More US utilities are considering decentralised power sources as a way to protect against climate change and decarbonise the grids

Pacific Gas & Electric has placed protecting against wildfires and extreme weather events at the centre of its resilience and climate goals since emerging from bankruptcy in 2020. Those measures include...

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