How to Tackle All the Challenges of the Energy Transition with DC Microgrids

With direct current, we can ensure that each part of our energy system can continue to operate independently if there are problems in the larger energy system. “The ideal scenario is to turn the entire energy system into interconnected microgrids.”

If you compare that to the current power grid, you can see just how radically innovative it is. “In the past, we only had a centralized energy supply. And if something went wrong, you had nothing,” says Laurens Mackay of DC Opportunities in this episode of Innovation in 3 Minutes. “But now we have all these distributed resources, such as solar power, electric cars, and batteries. The key is that we start using them.”

In direct current (DC), interconnected microgrids can be implemented much more easily than in alternating current (AC), and DC Opportunities develops components for these microgrids. “We need to address all the challenges of the energy transition from the very beginning.”

In the full episode below, Laurens Mackay explains how they do that.