The Renewable Energy Economic Benefits of Microgrids
Deployment of renewable energy microgrid assets across all US states will create nearly 500,000 new jobs over the next decade. For every $1 million invested in renewable energy microgrid
One potential benefit is the reduction/avoidance of transmission and distribution costs associated with the displacement or deferral of large, centralized generation and bulk transmission/distribution systems by microgrids with distributed resources closer to load centers.
Table 8. Summary of annual costs and benefits of the sample 10-MW microgrid - Economic multiplier benefits removed. That is, the benefits from microgrid investments are approximately $259 thousand per year.
To date, economic analyses of microgrids have adopted a broader focus, mainly due to greater data availability.
The environmental benefits focus primarily on the avoided social costs of carbon, generally estimated between $20 and $50 per ton. Studies addressing microgrids as facilitators of renewables integration include ABB (2015), Industrial Economics Inc. (2015), and Morris, Bogart, Dorchak, and Meiners (2009).
Deployment of renewable energy microgrid assets across all US states will create nearly 500,000 new jobs over the next decade. For every $1 million invested in renewable energy microgrid
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