The concept of microgrids is simple. Designing a microgrid to meet a variety of potential goals and to deliver power during emergencies is more complicated. Based on Pecan Street’s analysis of the high-resolution data from our research network, this paper examines how high-frequency circuit-level electricity data produced by Pecan Street’s residential energy network can help […]
Distributed Energy Toolkit for Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Microgrids powered by clean, distributed energy resources (DERs) that supply continuous power during grid outages, can increase grid resiliency and security, and provide economic and environmental benefits to HBCUs by allowing participation in utility savings programs that reduce overall energy use and dependence on fossil fuel energy resources. Pecan Street developed this toolkit to […]
Recommendations for Building Regional Cleantech Hubs
Backed by the Department of Energy, Pecan Street and its partners set out in 2017 to demonstrate and validate a new model for dramatically improving the effectiveness of investments in clean energy technologies and accelerating market entry of disruptive technologies. Pecan Street developed the PLATFORM for Product Launch, a program that integrates data-driven market intelligence, […]
A Toolkit for Cleantech Program-Related Investments
What is the incentive for philanthropic institutions and individuals to focus their climate strategies on clean energy technology? How are these investments structured, and what tools are available to help design them? How are foundations leveraging program-related investments (PRIs) as risk capital, and what are the risks involved? Using PRIs to Accelerate Cleantech: A Toolkit […]
