Peter Asmus
54:04 - 54:32
“we mentioned Kodiak Island. That's 99% renewable, and the reason they can get there, as Darren Scott describes, they have 3 layers of storage. First of all, they use hydro. A traditional hydro dam, then they have lithium-ion batteries, and then they have a flywheel”
- Speaker
- Peter Asmus
- Timestamp
- 54:04 – 54:32
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
That's an increasingly popular way to reduce demand charges. I think in terms of microgrids, they're— well, we mentioned Kodiak Island. That's 99% renewable, and the reason they can get there, as Darren Scott describes, they have 3 layers of storage. First of all, they use hydro. A traditional hydro dam, then they have lithium-ion batteries, and then they have a flywheel because they have a crane that's like a 2-megawatt crane that once it comes on can totally wreak havoc on that small grid.
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