From ARUP’s 5 Minute Guide to Microgrids
Monetized:
- Conversion loss savings
- Lower carbon cost
- Reduced peak power costs
- Reduced capacity charges
- Increased CHP balance
- Network capex avoidance
- Lower network redundancy
- Energy price arbitrage
- Optimised own supply use
- Negawatt market
- Operational reserve market
- Reduced fossil fuel use
- Auxiliary market services
- Choose lowest cost energy
- Power factor services
Non-Monetized:
- Consistent secure power
- Protection of critical loads
- Secure non-essential supply
- Controlled power quality
- Reduced blackout risk
- Increased supply reliability
- Reduced CO2 intensity
- Continued productivity
- CSR and education benefits
- Consumer engagement
- Employee engagement
- Supply independence
- Reduced outage impact
- Optimised existing system
- Remote site availability
- Absorption chiller level load
- Visibility of energy use
