Communities around the world are seeking sustainable energy solutions. Whether we are talking about large cities, small towns, or rural and remote communities climate change is driving all of us to seek ways of producing and distributing energy that leaves us with better environmental outcomes. Rural communities and isolated remote communities are no exception and face a unique set of additional challenges because they often have far fewer people, are poorer, lack local infrastructure, and are of little interest to utilities and power producers because the cost of delivering energy to them is far more expensive per person than more densely populated areas.
Microgrids, however, can be the right solution for rural and remote energy production and distribution. As their name suggests, these are grids designed to power smaller population groups.Â