James Dodenhoff
Silent Running LLC
Presenter
Jim is a passionate energy and sustainability expert with over 25 years of successful experience in the energy and environmental services industry. He has held leadership, business development, management and consultative roles with a broad group of market participants including microgrid control solution providers, energy/advisory consulting firms, electric utilities, recycled product manufacturers and environmental service firms. Jim is currently Principal of Silent Running, a California based Energy and Advisory firm focusing upon renewable energy project development and energy efficiency program management. Jim has an M.B.A in Strategy/Finance from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Energy Studies/Mechanical Engineering from Brown University.
ABSTRACT
Terrestrial Microgrid Controls: Moving from Customized Solutions to Scalable Solutions.
In the first 15 years of the 21st Century there has been a steady growth in Microgrids driven by a number of factors including geography, resilience, and location specific economics. In the last five years this growth has accelerated as the cost of renewables and storage have dropped signficantly allowing for integration of these distributed energy resources (DER’s) into Microgrids. A key to this trend has been intelligent, cybersecure microgrid control solutions (MCS) which have algorithms that can execute sophisticated control strategies that manage power flows safely and optimally. It is the MCS which is the nervous system of the microgrid and the platform upon which Microgrids are becoming a mainstream and scalable energy solution.
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