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Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative: A Nationwide Effort to Deploy Community-Based Energy Systems

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Schneider Electric and over 20 industry partners have launched the Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative to rapidly deploy resilient energy systems across the U.S. The initiative aims to help communities reduce reliance on the centralized grid, mitigate rising energy costs, and strengthen energy resilience by 2028. Resilience solutions can include microgrids, solar panels, battery energy storage, geothermal heat pumps, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The initiative comes at a pivotal moment for U.S. energy infrastructure, with federal incentives currently available for clean energy projects.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative is a nationwide effort to deploy community-based energy systems, aiming to help communities reduce reliance on the centralized grid, mitigate rising energy costs, and strengthen energy resilience by 2028.
  • The initiative brings together over 20 industry partners, including Microsoft, Sunrock, Zurich, and AlphaStruxure, to support public and private sector organizations with innovative solutions and financing.
  • Resilience solutions can include microgrids, solar panels, battery energy storage, geothermal heat pumps, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which can be delivered as turnkey solutions through long-term service agreements such as Energy as a Service (EaaS) contracts.
  • Participants joining forces to support the initiative include global technology leader Microsoft, infrastructure providers AlphaStruxure, AZZO, Celsius Energy, CDM Smith EVerged, Mainspring Energy, Pisgah Energy, Sprocket Power, Sunrock Distributed Generation, Sustainability Partners, Unison Energy, Verdant Microgrid, and Viridi.
  • Microgrids for reliability and cost certainty can be implemented using Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Microgrid Flex system and Energy Control Center, along with solar, battery storage, fuel cells, or flexible-fuel generators, providing reliable power during outages or grid stress.
  • The initiative aims to unlock $7.5 billion in financing for U.S. energy resilience projects, with project developers AlphaStruxure, AZZO, EVerged, Unison Energy, Verdant Microgrid, and Sunrock identifying the available capital.

Statistics:

  • The Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative aims to help communities reduce reliance on the centralized grid, mitigate rising energy costs, and strengthen energy resilience by 2028.
  • The U.S. power grid is expected to reach a critical inflection point in 2028, where peak electricity supply may no longer meet peak demand, threatening grid reliability.
  • The initiative aims to ease grid stress and curb rising energy costs by scaling distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar panels, battery energy storage, geothermal heat pumps, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
  • Microgrids can provide reliable power during outages or grid stress, and can be implemented using Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Microgrid Flex system and Energy Control Center.
  • The initiative aims to unlock $7.5 billion in financing for U.S. energy resilience projects, with project developers identifying the available capital.

Sources:

  • Schneider Electric: https://cloud.go.se.com/US_202509_ARIInformationalandFormLP_CNT_NONE_NOCAMP_ALLBU_BDZ_LDOPGEN_NA-LP
  • Press Release: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Sept. 18 -- Schneider Electric issued the following news release
  • Schneider Electric: Copyright 2017 Contify.com

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