Rod Matthews of Brevian Energy on Microgrids

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

Rod Matthews specializes in commercial and industrial (C&I) scale micro-grids and we get into the details of what a microgrid is and how they can benefit customers.

Some of the topics we cover include:

1. Microgrid definitions (NREL and NEC, which are different).
2. Minigrid definition (never connected to the grid)
3. Time-of-Use (TOU) Rates up to $0.74/kWh (or 1 Euro per kWh in Germany)
4. NABCEP PV Technical Sales (PVTS)
5. Lithium Ferrous Phosphate, aka LFP, Lithium Iron Phosphate
6. Dendrites with lithium-metal batteries
7. Silicon anodes
8. Virtual Power Plant (VPP) design
9. Distributed Power Energy Resource Management System Service
10. Artificial Intelligence and Microgrids
11. Internet of Things (IOT) sensors
12. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contracts
13. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
14. Capital Expenditures (CapEx)
15. Grid controller systems
16. Microgrid Equipment
17. Demand Charges vs. Energy Charges
18. Expensive electricity is good for the industry
19. Living without electricity
20. Intersolar in San Diego in January
21. RE+ in Vegas in September
22. The renewable energy family at the conferences
23. Sailor of the year
24. Doing good for the planet while making money
25. Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Check out Rod's Brevian Energy website:

www.brevianenergy.com

To learn more about solar, storage and the solution to all of your and everyone else's troubles, go to www.solarSEAN.com or www.HeatSpring.com/Sean