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Planning for No Power: Experts Provide a Look at Microgrid Solutions

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor May 5, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: May 10, 2022

What would you do if the power went out for 2 hours, 2 days, or even 2 weeks? This question was posed during a recent Facilities Management Now webinar, featuring Norman Campbell, Federal Team Manager of Go Electric, and Tony Mayfield, Senior Consultant and Managing Partner at On-Target Innovations. In the virtual forum session, titled […]

University, Utility Unveil Solar-Powered Microgrid in Sunshine State

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Oct 4, 2021 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Oct 6, 2021

Florida International University (FIU) and Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) have unveiled a solar-powered energy microgrid—the latest project to emerge from a decades-long partnership between the university and the utility. In the event of an outage due to severe weather, the FIU-FPL microgrid is capable of supplying backup power to FIU’s engineering center for approximately 24 hours […]