Reading Time: 4 minutes The other day, I went for a hike with my pup in the mountains above Santa Barbara. We picked a trail that was nice and strenuous, but didn’t seem to offer the best views; so, as I am known to do, I threw an audible and decided to take a detour...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Energy-as-a-service (EaaS) is becoming an attractive business model for financing microgrids, but the concept must be applied in a scalable and consistent, yet flexible way according to microgrid developers participating in a recent conference...
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life.” Theodore Roosevelt As VECKTA’s co-founders, it is an honor to have set out on...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some regions of the world are more prone to natural disasters than others, whether coastlines near subduction zones (which generate tsunamis), wildfire vulnerable regions (such as North America and Australia), tornado hotspots like the central...
Reading Time: 3 minutes The cost of microgrids varies widely due to the many different sizes and configurations of the systems, but there are reference points, as well as cost breakdowns of the various components of projects. Companies that analyze markets track...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do electric vehicles need microgrids? There are a number of reasons, including circumventing restraints on the amount of power available from the grid, cost reductions and energy saving, increased flexibility and resilience and an increase...
