Mahesh Bhave on Economic Factors to Consider for Building Microgrids

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Podcast and text via http://blog.heatspring.com/microgrids-economic/

Description

"QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER FOR MICROGRID DEVELOPMENT

According to Dr. Bhave, anyone considering or currently involved in microgrid development needs to be asking two big questions:

How economical are microgrids today?

What factors drive their deployment?

THE FOUR ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT DETERMINE MICROGRID FEASIBILITY


In his 60-minute lecture, Dr. Bhave broke down the four factors that determine microgrid feasibility with each case study:

  • Optimization for capacity, or sizing of generation sources
  • Optimization of operations
  • Pro forma cash analysis with assumptions
  • Demand management, especially in emerging economies

(http://blog.heatspring.com/microgrids-economic/)