Massachusetts Town Plans a Microgrid as the State’s First Clean Energy Resilience Solution
By Lili Francklyn on February 1, 2022
Located on Cape Cod, the Yarmouth microgrid will power an emergency operations center in the hurricane-hardened Fire Station 3 during extreme weather events.
The microgrid is also required to supply at least 10 days of off-grid power during outages and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by delivering 50% of the fire station’s year-round energy needs with renewable energy. The project team completed the initial plan with funding from the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program.