Outages
Check out these reports, studies and guides on topics related to outages!
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Resilient Solar and Battery Storage for Cooling Centers
By Marriele Mango of Clean Energy Group with Geoff Oxnam, Nate Mills, & Connor Sheehan of American Microgrid Solutions |
October 2022 |
Clean Energy Group (CEG), in partnership with American Microgrid Solutions, has released a new report examining the opportunity for resilient solar+storage (solar PV paired with battery storage) to provide backup power for cooling centers during power outages resulting from extreme heat. The report specifically focuses on how solar+storage can be adopted in underserved communities. Included in the report are results from 7 case studies which investigate the feasibility of implementing solar+storage in critical community facilities across the country.
Although the assessment outcomes varied across the different facilities, there were clear trends identified in the study:
Download the report here.
Although the assessment outcomes varied across the different facilities, there were clear trends identified in the study:
- Solar+storage solutions significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
- Cooling center solar+storage performance is determined more by specific building characteristics than by the geographic location of the building, thus making the systems feasible in any region of the country.
- Successful implementation and operation of solar+storage systems is dependent on the accuracy of the facility’s backup load profile.
- Systems are designed for either long-duration endurance (e.g., longer than 72 hours) or short-duration endurance. Battery size and capacity drives short-duration endurance, while solar performance drives long-duration endurance.
- Adopting state policies that incentivize battery storage and making changes to the Federal Investment Tax Credit can help reduce the economic obstacles of battery storage by greatly reducing costs.
Download the report here.
Power Outages in NOLA: The Problem, Implications, Solutions, and Moving Forward
By Emma King, Alliance for Affordable Energy (AAE) |
June 2019 |
This report provides a detailed understanding of how power outages hinder the New Orleans community, provides solutions that can be undertaken by individuals, businesses, and cities as a whole, places these solutions into the context of current efforts to reduce outages and improve energy efficiency in New Orleans, and suggests how we move forward from here.
Link to Downloadable Version: Power Outages in NOLA
Link to Downloadable Version: Power Outages in NOLA
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Making Sense of Outages, Reliability, & Resilience
By Alliance for Affordable Energy (AAE) |
September 2017 |
The Alliance for Affordable Energy has taken an in-depth look into Entergy outages, reliability, and resilience for all of New Orleans.
This paper aims to clarify the distinctions among
1) regular outages that are currently impacting the city,
2) potential reliability concerns related to future demands on the system, and
3) resilience in the face of storms, and to highlight connections among various Council energy decisions.
You can read more in our whitepaper: New Orleans has been Kept in the Dark
This paper aims to clarify the distinctions among
1) regular outages that are currently impacting the city,
2) potential reliability concerns related to future demands on the system, and
3) resilience in the face of storms, and to highlight connections among various Council energy decisions.
You can read more in our whitepaper: New Orleans has been Kept in the Dark