5 Years After Superstorm Sandy, New York’s Still Vulnerable To Widespread Power Outages

Still, this year in particular, progress has begun to pick up, with a number of renewable-based projects completed or in the works. A microgrid and a “virtual microgrid” are up and running in Brooklyn. Three more microgrid projects, including one at a hospital complex in the Bronx, are being tested. And the city is developing 15 solar-plus-battery-storage projects on city-owned buildings ― firehouses, schools, homeless shelters ― intended to provide essential services and shelter in flood-prone areas of the city’s outer boroughs.

Article source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nyc-power-outages-superstorm-sandy_us_59f37004e4b07fdc5fbdf009?utm_hp_ref=new-york-city