The U.S. higher education system ranks as the strongest in the world, besting all other countries because of its breadth of exceptional institutions and its reach to such a large percentage of the nation’s youth. Still, it faces some significant headwinds, not the least of which is the increased demand for new infrastructure in the face of leveling enrollment and heightened pressure to reduce costs.

This paper explains how microgrids help flip these problems into opportunities to prepare the workforce for the emerging new energy economy, while yielding low cost, reliable and clean sources of energy. Microgrids offer colleges a way to keep critical electricity flowing during power outages, increase use of renewable energy, pursue climate goals, and better optimize energy supplies and campus loads—offering savings potential to free up funds for other priorities. Increasingly, campus microgrids are also being used as an educational and sustainability awareness tool, connecting technology to students and community.

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