June 5, 2012 - U.S. Army engineers are leading research on tactical microgrids to deliver more efficient power to Soldiers across combat zones.
These microgrids are designed and built to provide power independently of traditional grids and to integrate multiple sources of energy for use and storage.
DESIGNING POWER SOLUTIONS FOR COMBAT
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command is developing microgrid technologies specifically to meet requirements unique to the battlefield, said Christopher Wildmann, an electrical engineer with RDECOM's Communications--Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center at Fort Belvoir, Va.
"CERDEC is one of the first and leading organizations to develop tactical microgrid technologies," he said. "Technologies on the forefront of the battlefield have to be very small and lightweight, which raises new challenges to the microgrid market.
"All other microgrid efforts going on in [the Department of Defense] are for installations. They are larger systems where tactical mobility is not a requirement." read more>>>
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