Microgrid Knowledge Special Report on Healthcare Microgrids

This is first article in a series that looks at how healthcare microgrids open the door to more reliable, clean, lower cost energy in hospitals. 

Add advances in medical technology, which result in new equipment that needs to be housed, and it’s easy to see why so many hospitals are constructing new wings, buildings and satellites. A survey of 3,125 hospital executives last year found that 70 percent had projects under construction or planned in the next three years.The senior population is on a path to double in the U.S, and even triple in Europe, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This creates pressure to expand hospitals, healthcare networks, assisted living facilities, adult day care and nursing homes.

All of this expansion means a greater need for energy — in a sector that is already highly energy intensive.

A survey of 3,125 hospital executives last year found that 70 percent had projects under construction or planned in the next three years. More…