While the most talked about use cases for microgrids revolve around integrating renewables, peak shaving, grid supplementing, grid resiliency and smart controls, it is important to envision and unlock the potential of microgrids a little further.
When we combine artificial intelligence, data analytics and forecasting, cloud services and asset communication across various sections of an industrial activity beyond just power demand and supply, microgrids can play a vital role. For this, I suggest we think of microgrids in the spirit of manufacturing principles like lean manufacturing, just-in-time and agility.