Community Micro-Grid Solutions

All around the world there are communities that do not have basic energy for lighting or Internet connections. They depend entirely on fossil fuel-based energy.

Many villages, tribes and communities are not connected to their nation’s energy grid system.  They are like ‘Islands’ stuck in the fossil fuel trap.

A micro-grid is a localized supply of energy that exists in a specific geographic location, including remote communities or villages. When the central grid fails, or is unable to supply energy to the remote area, micro-grids produce or keep power flowing to the community. They also serve as a tool to assist communities in managing expenses, participating in energy prosperity, and lowering carbon emissions. A well designed micro-grid system allows a community to become carbon negative. 

Community micro-grids allow neighborhoods, villages, towns, and cities to meet their energy needs on a local level. Community micro-grids are increasingly being considered in locations where a bigger grid already exists, primarily as a means of increasing local energy independence and resilience.  It offers a fast track for communities to eliminate environmental pollution through fossil fuel and obtain renewable energy.

When local energy production from a community micro-grid exceeds their own needs, this energy can be sold to the grid, offsetting the cost of operations, and helping other communities to fight the climate crisis.

CURRENTVOLT technology offers a way for communities to establish their own micro-grid and start producing clean energy. For some remote villages or communities, this technology does more than provide energy, it has the ability to provide a new source of income and can be ECO designed in a way to create a tourist attraction.