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Dr. Art Hunter | Project Payback. Financial benefits of a microgrid as part of a virtual power plant | 4 Sept 2024 at 13:30 EST
September 4 @ 13:00 - 17:00 EDT
Speaker: Dr. Art Hunter
Subject: Project Payback. Financial benefits of a microgrid as part of a virtual power plant
Time: 4 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
Home rooftop solar panels and home batteries provide a microgrid owner with energy independence from grid failures. Recently the Ontario Energy board approved Ultra-Low Overnight electricity rates as when utilized they financially benefit the microgrid owner, grid managers and all grid customers. Payback to the homeowner of the invested capital is demonstrated as being rapid with a side benefit of energy credit savings reducing year-round billings from the utility. Save monthly operational money, buy-back investment dollars, and reduce your home carbon footprint simultaneously.
Biography:
Art Hunter designs, operates and is constantly modernizing the Manotick Microgrid for the social and financial benefits explained in the presentation material. Survival and mitigation of consumption overshoot, and the climate catastrophe are top priorities. The Manotick Microgrid consists of rooftop solar arrays, home battery storage, a ground source heat pump, two electric Vehicles and a comprehensive command and control system for measurement and data processing driving appropriate actuators.
He has extensive experience in conducting research within universities, working with many companies as a consultant and as a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada including being the Canadian project manager for NASA’s Space Shuttle’s Canadarm.
He holds degrees from the Royal Military College (Hon B.Eng.) and from the University of London, Imperial College (Ph.D. hypersonic aerodynamics). He is very active in the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome.
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