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Eaton, a power management company, announced its collaboration with Bloom Energy to develop a microgrid for a large medical center in California that the companies say will reduce energy costs by up to 20% and greenhouse gas emissions by an anticipated 25%. The project will support critical loads during grid outages. Work is expected to be completed later this year.
The medical center project incorporates Eaton’s intelligent microgrid controls and approximately 1.75 megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy fuel cells. Eaton is also providing turnkey microgrid system design, engineering services, and power distribution equipment to help optimize the microgrid for maximum energy savings, resilience, and sustainability, the company says.
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