Renewable Energy Seminar Series on Sept. 22 — The Energy Transition: Role of Microgrids
Posted on: Sep 19, 2022
Join Dr. Art Hunter this Thursday for the next event in the Renewable Energy Seminar Series.
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Grid modernization and expanded use of renewable energy resources, like solar and wind, lead to the need to electrify everything to reduce consumption of fossil fuels, reduce energy costs, and build resilience for a fragile and vulnerable grid. Climate change caused by greenhouse gasses loading of the atmosphere typically causes grid outage damage that can be costly life-threatening disasters.
This online presentation is directed at shelter and transportation electrification and how they presently interact with the electrical utility. Microgrids are a type of Distributed Energy Resource and Non-Wired Alternatives for the main grid. This presentation addresses microgrids, their many features and how they will be utilized in future grid modernization.
Speaker Information
Art Hunter has a B. Eng (Mechanical) from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario and a Ph.D. (Aeronautical) from Imperial College, London. For fifteen years he did spacecraft design and was the Project Manager for Canadarm for Space Shuttle. After 35 years, he is still active in providing consulting engineering services to clients. In the last five years he designed, built, and operated the Manotick Microgrid that includes solar and geothermal energy supply with battery (3 home powerwall and two Electric Vehicles) and geothermal energy storage.
About the Speaker Series
McNeil Centre for Applied Renewable Energy (McNeil C.A.R.E) and the Concordia Alumni Association are proud to present the Renewable Energy Speaker Series. This speaker series aims to provide CUE members (students, alumni, staff and faculty) and the community in general with the opportunity to explore renewable energy solutions, learn about the challenges faced by the sustainable energy sector (industry, government and society), careers in the renewable energy sector and interact with experts from across Canada and beyond.
Contact
Please email us at mcneilcare@concordia.ab.ca with any questions.
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Please note that the session will be recorded and posted on the BMO-CIAR website. By signing up for the event, you hereby consent and authorize the Concordia University of Edmonton to use your testimonials/comments and any photographs, video, or audio recordings taken of you for internal and external newsletters; news releases; journalist requests; and Concordia University of Edmonton promotional materials, including the World Wide Web, printed documents, audiotapes, videotapes, CD-ROMs, posters and in any and all other media, whether now known or hereafter existing, controlled by the Concordia University of Edmonton. You will make no monetary or other claims against the Concordia University of Edmonton for the use of the above-mentioned media.