"As climate change brings more frequent extreme weather to the Midwest, the resiliency case for microgrids improves.
Microgrid advocates have long touted the systems’ potential to help customers withstand extreme weather, a selling point that’s been stronger outside the Midwest in hurricane-prone areas along the East Coast.
Climate change could be changing that, though, as the risk of disruptive storms rises in the region alongside global temperatures. The shift is gradually improving the resilience case for microgrids in the Midwest.
During the first weekend of December, 29 tornadoes ripped across Illinois, leaving thousands without power. A week before, 340,000 people in northern Illinois lost power during a punishing blizzard, which set single-day snowfall accumulation records."
Kevin Stark reports for Midwest Energy News December 13, 2018.
