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A Development Framework for Commercial Microgrid Projects
A standard is needed now more than ever to establish a shared understanding of "good" among project development stakeholders. Mayfield Renewables is establishing a comprehensive framework to reduce risks for onsite multi-DER projects.
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Ryan Mayfield
Founder & CEO
Setting The Standard,
For Over 25 Years
Since 1999, founder Ryan Mayfield has been committed to raising the bar for renewable energy industry best practices.
Technical Articles & Case Studies
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Case Study
A Community-Driven Island Microgrid
Read on: A Community-Driven Island MicrogridOne of the northernmost parts of the continental U.S., Orcas Island is roughly three hours (by car and ferry) from downtown Seattle and is connected to the mainland by a single undersea transmission line. Extreme weather events and grid outages can leave locals stranded for extended periods of time.
To protect their uniquely vulnerable infrastructure, the San Juan County Emergency Management (SJCEM) agency identified the Orcas Center as a facility that could function as a resiliency hub in an emergency. The location was conveniently central and well known community gathering place. The issue, however, was that the Orcas Center did not have the energy resources required to function as an island-able microgrid system.
With a site (Orcas Center) and primary goal (energy resilience) in mind, SJCEM set out to find the right mix of distributed energy resources to achieve key performance benchmarks while staying within space and budgetary constraints.
In other words, this island facility was interested in “islanding” from the grid.
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Mayfield UpdatesMayfield Renewables and MREA Team Up to Educate the Midwest Region’s Solar + Storage Leaders
Read on: Mayfield Renewables and MREA Team Up to Educate the Midwest Region’s Solar + Storage LeadersThe Mayfield Renewables team is happy to announce our education partnership with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). As part of this partnership, six of our engineer-led courses are now available on the MREA website, extending access to our technical…
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Engineering Best PracticesAn Introduction to Power Quality in Solar Systems
Read on: An Introduction to Power Quality in Solar SystemsPower quality is quite a buzzword in the electrical industry these days, no pun intended. How can we clearly define such a blanket term? Is it ever a significant worry in solar systems? There isn’t a concrete definition of power…
