PG&E s Fifth Operational Standalone Power System Replaces Overhead Distribution Powerlines Traversing a High Fire Threat Area and Nature Preserve in Sonoma County
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 6, 2023.
Demand for electrifying transit is higher than it’s ever been, yet the process for interconnecting the necessary energy-generating systems to the grid is
In a world of portability and to-go orders, Grass Valley-based startup BoxPower delivers energy in a box. The company’s microgrid containers are designed to support disaster relief and end-of-the-line customers in rural zones and other disaster-prone areas, where reliable power can be hard to come by. “Medical facilities and utilities are playing catch-up, as the grid and distribution lines are not set up to handle wildfire risk or disasters,” says Michele Nesbit, a cofounder and chief operating officer of BoxPower. “We’re going to continue to see outages unless we add microgrids.” BoxPower’s modular systems are plug-and-play solar solutions,