U.S. Department of Energy Awards Major Grant to Bolster Valley Children's Renewable Energy Microgrid
MADERA, Calif., Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Valley Children's Healthcare launched a bold plan earlier this year to design, build and implement a clean energy strategy that would ensure - above all else - that patient care is never interrupted due to power outages, electrical grid failures or other events that would limit our ability to provide care to the children who depend on it. The plan will also reduce costs, and help clean up the air in one of America's most polluted counties.
- The United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that Valley Children's, the California Energy Commission (CEC) and Faraday Microgrids are the recipients of a long-duration energy storage demonstrations grant to accelerate and expand the healthcare network's clean energy storage capabilities.
- At the project's completion, Valley Children's is projected to operate the largest renewable energy microgrid in the country, connected to a hospital emergency system.
- Over the next several months, the DOE, CEC, Faraday Microgrids and Valley Children's will finalize the terms of the grant.
- Meanwhile, work continues on phase 1 of Valley Children's renewable energy microgrid.