Should you buy solar energy through Brooklyn microgrid?

Prosumers can choose if they want to sell their excess solar energy to the marketplace or continue to net meter with Con Edison. Purchasing local solar energy through Brooklyn Microgrid results in support for the local economy and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

How can Brooklyn microgrid address climate challenges?

To seriously address our climate challenges, we must take action on all fronts. To fast track solutions, Brooklyn Microgrid is pushing for a local renewable energy marketplace driven by the very community it will one day service. Energy production and use is the largest source of global greenhouse-gas.

What is Brooklyn microgrid & LO3 energy's exergy?

Brooklyn Microgrid is in the process of receiving its full approval for the transaction of energy across public utility wires. Over 50 residential and commercial building owners have installed LO3 Energy's Exergy on their sites, and there is a waiting list of over 300 users interested in participating.

Is a microgrid a 'peer-to-peer' energy model?

For many decades this near real-time, demand-responsive, peer-to-peer energy model was nothing more than conceptual. In the brownstone-lined neighborhood of Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York, a small community Microgrid pilot has been forging the path ahead for the Energy Internet and transactive energy (TE) marketplaces.

How does a utility grid differ from a microgrid?

The traditional utility grid differs from the community Microgrid in many ways, foremost, utility grids deliver energy from myriad central sources, including but not limited to fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, petroleum), nuclear, biomass, hydropower, wind, and solar.