

"This means that we are accountable for the capital investment and the delivery of predefined outcomes that meet a customer’s goals for sustainability, reliability, resilience and cost-effectiveness," Juan Macias, AlphaStruxure’s CEO said, noting that AlphaStruxure will own the microgrid asset for the duration of the energy service agreement. We are ready to support a customer who needs a zero-capital-cost energy solution that delivers cost predictability, resilience, reliability and achieves sustainability commitments.


For AlphaStruxure, "energy-as-a-service" means offering C&I customers energy solutions that include an initial advisory service, on- or off-site generation, energy efficiency upgrades, load optimization, contract structuring and capital. With AlphaStruxure, the goal is to develop a partnership capable of taking on large, bespoke projects such as the JFK airport modernization project, which will use microgrids to transition the airport to 100 percent renewable energy, as well as modular microgrid-enabled energy-as-a-service solutions for C&I customers. It is not every day that one of the world’s largest private equity companies and a leading energy management and automation company join forces to seek out opportunities in the microgrid market. When the Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric announced their plan to create AlphaStruxure in April, the industry took note.
#Web host micro grids software#
While numerous software and services players are rising up to focus on this opportunity, this list (presented alphabetically) primarily highlights participants going to market with turnkey solutions. Here are seven companies hoping to capitalize on the interest in technologies that can serve commercial and industrial needs. businesses are concluding that they need the type of business continuity, cost predictability and sustainability goal-aligned energy solutions that microgrid-plus-storage installations offer. The first part, discussing market dynamics, can be found here.
#Web host micro grids series#
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series about microgrids.
