New business models and grid management models can pay for the emergency power capacity –today.
This will only get easier and cheaper as technology progresses.
During SuperStorm Sandy, we learned that we need distributed emergency power for both traditional and new needs:
- Traditional: water pumping, sewage treatment, communications infrastructure, emergency shelters, fire & police, etc.
- New: Supermarkets, restaurants, food distribution centers, gas stations, etc — highly distributed.
