What are Microgrids?

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[@samwynn612]

Thanks for showcasing our industry. We provide free microgrids for multi-family buildings in the EU and USA and we divide up the wholesale payments between tenants and owners. At Zomepower - Our motivation is moving the residential power consumption to a renewable electric grid and reducing the pollution from peaker plant generation. The wholesale market pays for all the equipment and the installation. We added the technology to make it easy to equip entire buildings secure and loved by tenants. We just need more landlords to care about the environment.

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A diversified energy supply and efficient power storage and distribution is crucial to increased economic productivity. We often overlook the amount of money that is lost to energy wastage.

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Brilliant. Although you took your time with the glass, it is at last here and marketed. That is all surfaces a building can be of now capable of being used to gather energy. I suppose the next bit is breaking nepotism in construction contracts, and allowing these creative innovations access to the market place. Our next cities should be the most efficient ever.

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[@artcurious807]

Good video. The use of solar and wind on a micro scale is more economical and more practical. Smaller scale use allows for better maintenance and durability. City governments and private owners can keep maintenance costs down and prevent excessive down time. But the larger scale operations have draw backs that haven’t been addressed properly. Wind turbines are noisy, kill thousands of endangered birds every year, and are susceptible to lightening and strong winds. Solar farms take up lots of space, are brittle, and accumulate tons of dust. Reliability and durability are just as important as power output and cost.

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The future of energy ! Do you think cities will some day be majority solar? Nice video!

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Yep

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The majority will probably be a combination of wind and solar depending on local conditions.

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@@HomersIlliad Wind and solar are simply unable to power a large city effectively and reliably on their own. Nuclear fission (and eventually fusion) must be a part of the grid if we want to combat climate change whilst reliably supplying our electricity needs.

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3:13 that's my hometown! Awesome

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[@paulfontaine7819]

Electricity storage is a huge challenge for this model to work. Batteries are way to material intensive and expensive. Hydrogen or bio-based gasses, compressed air, pumped water are also tried. It wil take quite some time for a sustainable and affordable solution. Reducing energy consumption is equally important.

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Really enjoyed the video. In videos like this, where the topic is very interesting, it would be nice to go deeper into the subject with a longer video, in the same fashion of those around 10 minutes long. Still great video, but it personally left me wanting to know more. Keep up the good work!

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Thank you so much! Thanks also for the really constructive feedback. We'll get on it.

[@syrupgoblin4920]

That fancy glass is cool

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I had been thinking about this as a 9 year old. I'm surprised adults are just realising this is the way to go 🤔.

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thank you so much, now I understand what are microgrids

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[@milpitasA4]

What city was that at the end? Beautiful skyline 😍

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To honor 2016 Paris agreement part had me dying! 😂🤣

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Why??

[@dominicrobertson7626]

Probably because the US is trying to hard to get away from it

[@theossifiedprophet9190]

United States don't even acknowledges Climate change, and you said to honor Paris agreement (US is not even part of the agreement anymore)

[@Maurazio]

dude are you uninformed, there are cities and states in the US who are trying to honor the agreement, obviously the impact has to be seen if the country as a whole doesn't support it. But they might even end up doing more than some other countries who sign and make empty promises and end up doing nothing.

[@TheB1M]

The graphic shows many states and cities still working to achieve the requirements of the agreement, despite the President taking the US out of it at a federal level. That’s why we mentioned the US in particular - sorry if it wasn’t clear.

[@AlvinGuoSubscribe]

Is 3:25 Shenzhen?

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Very interesting thanks.

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What is that last city? @3:15?

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When I see the title , I know there will be something being told about Tesla or Elon Musk

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Haha - and we didn't disappoint.

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[@John009Doe]

Microgrid will become popular the day electricity will become a lot more expansive than today. Within the next 10 years electric cars will be a lot more popular, incrising demands for electricity and thus making microgrid production more profitable.

[@qbproducer5710]

tought the thumbnail was cities skylines lol 🤣

[@dlwatib]

Microgrids hold great potential, but utilities don't like the economics of them so they will lobby for legislation and rules to limit or eliminate them wherever possible. Be politically active and alert if you want to see them in your area.

[@stevethaysen4423]

Whats the name of the city shown at the end? Can't tell if its Shanghai, HK or Tokyo

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[@jrobin1998]

Ha that’s the orsini apartments in the thumbnail and at 1:05

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This is a very interesting and important development in how to better use solar. 😃👍👌👌👌👏👏👏

[@huajie666liu8]

The idea is great. But what about the price? I mean it needs battery to store the energy and then the energy can be used by cars, appliances at home. Before the battery dies out, the expense will be much less expensive than city electricity?

[@huajie666liu8]

But in China, especially on South China, more and more home are installing solar energy water heating devices on rooftop for providing hot water. But the solar panels on rooftops are less used according to my observation.

[@MathCoreMan]

Which is at @3:18 ?

[@Kholdstare52]

This might not be your thing but could you do an episode on the collapse of the NYC subway system after Hurricane Sandy?

[@jurpik35]

nice scientific vid

[@natawutkiwngarmdee6225]

What is the city at the end

[@TheB1M]

That’s Guangzhou. Blade runner style.

[@goat7844]

What city is that in the last 10 second of the video?

[@VictorStuber]

I too want to know

[@ahmaddanial9900]

What chinese city in the last scene?

[@citiesskyscrapers4561]

Guangzhou

[@TheB1M]

It's Guangzhou - but looking very Blade Runner!

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Its amazingly owsm!!

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Only 200k subs wow

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Who else presses the like button before the vid starts because you know your are going to be amazed?

[@davidmcdonald9180]

Since this was made China announced it's launching the Super Grid managing power sources storage AC/DC current.

[@aspect9857]

Wow

[@dougmc666]

What's the point of a microgrid with wind/solar when nothing is being generated, there has to be an external source of power, which is the way the grid works now.

[@docbrown7916]

Good vid, I've looked up polysolar, I've been trying to explain microgrids to ppl for yrs but most ppl don't know shit about primary grid systems, trying to explain anything that's not kardashian stuff or other mindless crap is an uphill battle in the US, doesn't help much of the gov doesn't know what infrastructure really is.

[@vikasdeshmukh-xd8js]

Microgrids represent a transformative shift in the energy landscape, offering a dynamic solution to the challenges of traditional centralized power systems. By decentralizing energy production and distribution, microgrids enhance reliability, resilience, and efficiency while paving the way for greater integration of renewable energy sources. This innovative technology holds immense potential to empower communities, businesses, and industries with more control over their energy supply, fostering sustainability and resilience in an ever-changing world. Read more

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I approve of local energy

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

We'd be lucky if just power grids were under pressure. Heck. The earth is running out of specialized types of sand used in building skyrises. Who knew even sand was under threat. Talk about rare earth. Even abundant things have become rare.

[@thelegoboi3666]

I'm planning to build a city that is sustainable and runs on solar energy,, wind energy, and hydroelectric energy. I haven't thought about the name yet. Please reply to give me a new name.

[@GIguy]

I think it’s a terrific idea, and it has been tried here in Toronto, but Toronto Hydro, a monster of a corporation that makes billions of dollars and constantly increased their prices, while their CEOs make millions for doing nothing, dominate the entire market and crush anyone who tries to start up a green energy grid anywhere in the city.Correct me if I’m wrong, because I have no proof of this, I’ve only heard of it from a reliable source, but Toronto Hydro donated a.k.a. purchased half the town Council in City Hall, so every single energy project not involving them is taxed so heavily that nobody even bothers trying, it’s corruption at its worst and it makes me sick! A friend of mine bought a small home in one of the older parts of downtown, and wanted to retrofit the home with solar panels and a wind generator. Just for the solar panels alone, it was $35,000, the wind generator was an additional $15,000, and the license to have one is a staggering amount of money, somewhere in the neighbourhood of three to $4000! People look at Toronto as a modern city, and while that may be sold in some regards, we are so corrupt and backwards and many other regards. They are so slow to change anything, it takes literally a decade for any new project or idea to get off the ground if it does at all. All the people that were bribed argue everything to death, so nothing ever gets accomplished. I say again, I have no proof of this, and I can’t say with any amount of certainty if it’s correct, but it would not surprise me in the least if it was true, I city Council is a pathetic antiquated useless group that do nothing but argue amongst them selves like five-year-old children, at the expense of the taxpayers. That’s the results are entire infrastructure is crumbling and desperately needs upgrading as the city grows by 110,000 citizens each year, and we’re already almost at the 7 million people Mark, I’m afraid to see what’s going to happen in the future here, I just hope this isn’t indicative of other major north American cities!

[@TheSilentCartgraph3r]

This video makes me feel better about myself than the skyscrapers for super rich people.

[@Stockaholics]

Cool story. I like the part where we just store all this energy in imaginary batteries. I also like the creative fact where we just ignore the price of energy as it goes up 100 fold or that there are no viable battery solutions that actually exist in the real world. Yay virtue signaling! Mining is great for the environment! I'm a great person for being concerned and using my creativity and imagination. DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS!!!!!!!

[@Stockaholics]

@Kyle Hill Turn left to reach common sense lane. You have now reached your destination "physics defeats platitudes." I'm sure these cool stories fool the ladies outside walmart though, whatever it takes to grift the public.

[@alfashark2463]

If you want to see these things happen like

[@ludwigvonsowell5347]

Problem being the energy storage technology is shite

[@VineetKumar-cc8or]

The future of power supply is Hydrogen

[@ayushsingh1943]

Not so impressive

[@TheB1M]

We’ll try and do better.

[@gregblanton9386]

Ridiculous.

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Buh Buh Buh bullshit!! 😂😂😂 climatardation

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Very interesting thanks.