New Milwaukee Microgrid May Advance Wisconsin Energy Sector, Build US MidWest as a Microgrid Hotbed

A new possible microgrid may help advance Wisconsin’s energy sector, while building the US midwest as a hotbed for microgrids.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, both The Electric Power Research Institute and We Energies, are studying the feasibility of an industrial-scale microgrid for the Century City development project, located on the city’s east side.

Alan Perlstein, Chief Executive Officer of Mid-West Energy Consortium in Milwaukee, said the Century City project would provide a place for initial research testing, something Caterpillar noted was not possible while in Milwaukee before moving to its facility in Tucson, Arizona.