Customer Education/ Microgrids 101

• Microgrid Basics: Understanding their benefits and functionality for non-experts.
• Minigrids and Nanogrids: Enhancing energy resiliency and equity in remote areas. 
• Expanding Microgrid Awareness: Applications in various sectors from data centers to residential areas. 

Generation and Fuels Focus

• Decarbonization and Energy Security: Renewables, Gas, RNG, Batteries, Hydrogen, Small Modular Reactors
• CHP Paths to Islanded Power: Campus, Industrial, Public Service, Remote, Military
• Community Solar and Aggregated DERs: Supporting Microgrid Development

Economic Viability and Applications

• Navigating Microgrid Projects: Technical, Regulatory, Financial, and Social Aspects
• Achieving Success: Environmental and Financial Benefits of Microgrids
• Recent Impacts of the IRA and Infrastructure Act: Evolving Incentives for Project Development

Mission-Critical Reason for Microgrids

• Meeting Data Center, AI, and Cloud Demand
• Protecting Energy Resiliency: Alternatives to Grid Issues
• Achieving Power Reliability with Distributed Energy Resources

Project Development and Operations

• Operations and Maintenance: From Mechanical Systems to Software and Controls
• Development, Engineering, and Market Challenges in Microgrids
• Utility Approaches to Microgrids: Alternatives to Costly T&D Investments

Systems Engineering and Integration

• Embracing the Future of Transportation Electrification with EV Charging Microgrids
• Additional Microgrid Benefits: Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, and Research
• Cross-Sector Connections: The Need for Microgrids in Mission-Critical Infrastructure