California utility SDG&E is continuing its investment in microgrids and energy storage. By ymgerman/Shutterstock.com
Heatwaves and wildfires continue to strain California’s electric grid, and this summers’s record temperatures have once again put many parts of the state on the brink of rolling blackouts. Microgrids and energy storage systems have come to the rescue and helped to avoid power emergencies more than once this summer in San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) services areas, and that’s one of the reasons the utility is working to rapidly expand its portfolio of both.
Breaking ground on the Tierrasanta microgrid
This week, SDG&E announced the start of construction on a new energy storage and microgrid project – one of four on its docket that will bring another 39 MW of battery capacity to its service area. The 10 MW Tierrasanta microgrid, located at the Elliott…
SDG&E expands its microgrid and energy storage portfolio
