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The turnkey microgrid-as-a-service (MaaS) business model is projected to experience continued growth across various non-utility customer segments. Innovative business models will streamline microgrids A fossil fuel generator, often sized to cover the entire site, acts as backup for the solar and storage to ensure uninterrupted service when the grid is down.” This has triggered an uptake of multi-distributed energy resource (DER) microgrids – known as advanced microgrids – which are used in cases where solar and storage alone are insufficient to mitigate long-duration outages. Moreover, Wood Mackenzie data shows that more than 175 solar- and solar-plus-storage microgrid projects have been in active development and were scheduled to come online by the end of 2022.Īkhavan said: “There’s been a significant shift in technology type, in particular the rise of solar and storage demand among microgrid customers, largely driven by corporate ESG goals. The US microgrid market has seen a 47% increase in solar and storage capacity in 2022 compared to 2017 levels. The government sector takes second place, driven by the military’s resilience and decarbonization targets, followed closely by the residential and education sectors,” Akhavan added.ĭevelopers transition aggressively to clean technologies “In terms of customer segments, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) leads the way with significant project development in industries such as retail (department stores) and manufacturing, which indicates a rise in demand for an uninterrupted electricity service.

The US microgrid market reached 10 gigawatts (GW) in the third quarter of 2022, with more than 7 GW in operation and the rest in planning or construction stages, according to latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge Service.Įlham Akhavan, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said: “Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated macroeconomic challenges causing a 2-year slowdown in the US, the microgrid market is developing at a rapid pace and 2022 is on track to be a record year for installations and scheduled pipelines.