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4 Lessons Learned from the Otis Microgrid Project

Posted by Paul Roege on Jun 8, 2021 5:09:11 PM

Topics: Microgrids, Project Update

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4 questions and answers about resilient energy

Posted by Paul Roege on Dec 15, 2017 10:11:40 AM

Topics: Microgrids, Resilience, Energy

What is resilience?

Risk DiceResilience is a new way of dealing with the unknown. Modern society has come to believe that we can rise above risk by using historical data and design analyses to quantify probabilities and consequences, and calculating an acceptable gamble on targeted risk mitigation measures. Resilience basically is our capacity to survive and thrive in the face of change and uncertainty – accepting the fact that we cannot always predict the future. Resilience thinking challenges us to overcome limitations of traditional risk management methods by focusing on the outcomes that are important to us, such as health and welfare.  An important difference is that we must come up with ways to enable our systems, communities, and businesses to deal with changing conditions or things that we might not have known in advance without falling apart - not only by protecting them from change, but by cultivating flexibility and a propensity to learn and adapt to changing conditions.

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