Microgrid & Resilience Planning

A microgrid is a deliberately designed group of generation, storage and controls that can operate connected to the utility grid or, when the grid fails, separate from it and keep defined critical loads running. That ability to island depends on the configuration and the controls, not on the presence of solar or a battery, and it has to be designed, approved and tested before anyone relies on it.

No. Microgrid operation requires an intentionally designed configuration and controls. On-site generation alone does not establish islanding capability or continuity of critical loads, and many arrays shut down when the grid does.

Yes. We help define the facility loads, the service priorities, the outage scenarios and the concept options together with the community and the responsible technical team, so the hub is planned around the services people will actually need during an outage. Cooling, refrigeration, communications and lighting each carry a different load, and the inventory makes those choices explicit before the concept is priced.

That is an owner and risk-planning decision, informed by the services the facility provides and the local context. We compare scenarios rather than assuming one duration fits every facility, so you can see what each additional hour of continuity costs and which loads it is worth carrying for that long.

The authorized design and installation parties work with the utility and the jurisdiction. Green Summit supports coordination and technical documentation within the defined scope, and we never present a concept as an approved design.

The project should define acceptance tests, control sequences, operating procedures and monitoring before commissioning. Testing of emergency or islanded functions requires qualified personnel and an approved plan, and we help define those expectations at the concept stage so they are not improvised at the end.