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OUC’s ‘Nanogrid’ Claims Energy Innovator Award
American Public Power Association presents national honor to Clint Bullock OUC—The Reliable One was honored this week with the Energy Innovator Award at the American Public Power Association’s National Conference in Orlando. The APPA award recognizes utilities that either develop or apply creative, energy-efficient techniques and technologies that provide better service to electric customers or launch projects that increase the efficiency of utility operations. OUC won the award for its innovation of a “nanogrid,” a test site of emerging energy assets that could prove to be integral to the utility’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with interim goals of 50% CO2 reductions by 2030 and 75% by 2040. Led by OUC’s Emerging Technologies team, the project seeks to offer replicable and deployable solutions for decarbonization and decentralization of the grid, backup power systems and growing electric vehicle use.
tional EV charging stations, and a hydrogen system. The hydrogen setup includes an electrolyzer, storage tanks and two fuel cells. OUC is part of a research team involved in a U.S. Department of Energy-supported $9 million project that’s studying the production, storage and transport of hydrogen for the dispatching of electricity or as transportation fuel. OUC is one of only a few utilities in the United States exploring hydrogen’s potential as a solution to the challenges of decarbonizing the grid. Clint Bullock, General Manager & CEO, accepted the award at the APPA conference.
“We are honored to be recognized as an energy innovator by the American Public Power Association. The nanogrid is a cutting-edge project, leading the way for OUC and our industry to adopt innovative clean energy technologies and integrate them into the electric power grid,” said Bullock. “I am very proud of The nanogrid consists of a floating photovoltaic solar the work our team has done on this project.” array, battery storage, vehicle-to-grid and conven-
Hi everyone! We’re on a roll! We’ve played a rousing game of Left Right Center and have decided to play TWICE a month in July and August! Our plans for July include: Fireworks downtown on the 4th, Nuno’s breakfast on the 6th and 20th, Left Right Center on 9th and the 23rd, Lukas Butterfly Garden on the 16th, late lunch/dinner at the Keg Social at 4pm on the 22nd, July 25 is a scheduled Dinner cruise on the Halifax (make your own reservation please 386-402-1353) (not a group reservation), and Bahama Breeze at 4pm on the 29th. Have a great 4th of July. We celebrate 13 years as a group this month. Happy Birthday to us!!
