Microgrid Knowledge has released the names of the eight finalists for this year’s Microgrid Greater Good Awards. From the eight finalists, four winners will be selected and announced at Microgrid 2022 , which will be held June 1-2 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Now in its fourth year, the Microgrid Greater Good Awards celebrate microgrids that fulfill a clear societal need and show how microgrids improve the human condition.
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Awards are granted for: Highest Recognition for a Microgrid Serving the Greater Good; Greater Good Award for a Grid-Connected Microgrid and Greater Good Award for a Remote Microgrid.
In addition, Microgrid Knowledge added a fourth category this year: Greater Good Award for a Local Microgrid in the conference’s host state, which for 2022 is Pennsylvania.
Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges made up of representatives of nonprofit organizations and journalists (not affiliated with Microgrid Knowledge).
“The finalists this year offer insight into the range of ways microgrids can help people — from providing power for water, food, cooling and medical care following disasters to boosting medical care in far-flung places to keeping the power flowing at airports,” said Elisa Wood, editor-in-chief of Microgrid Knowledge. “This year’s finalists also show how very different one microgrid can be from another. One finalist provides fairly simple mobile microgrids; another offers a sophisticated university microgrid designed for others to model.’
Microgrid Knowledge received 60 nominations this year. Culled from those, the eight finalists vying for the awards are:
Greater Good Award Highest Recognition
Greater Good Award for Grid-Connected Microgrid
Greater Good Award for a Remote Microgrid
Greater Good Award to a Pennsylvania Microgrid
Last year’s winners were:
Runners up last year were the Kodiak Electric Association (Alaska Microgrid Group, GE, Saft, ABB); Santa Clara County Emergency Shelters (BoxPower); St. Peter Apartments Community Microgrid (Ageto Energy, Dynapower, SunPower, Samsung, AccuEnergy).
Judges for this year are Patrice Calise, associate copy editor, S&P Global Market Intelligence; Housley Carr, writer/analyst at RBN Energy; Peter Kelly-Detwiler, principal, NorthBridge Energy Partners; Melissa Marshall, director of operations for the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies/policy advisor for the World Institute on Disability; Mary Powers, special correspondent, Engineering News-Record.
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Amazing that Bloom Energy is not even mentioned when they are more successful at decarbonization on a much larger scale than any of the ones mentioned in your awards presentation If there was an Oscar for a micro grid company surely they would win it.
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