“Ƶ Microgrid Technologies: Micro-Industry or Big Business?”
“In early 2015, Ƶ received a special designation as an i6 Innovation Center through the US Economic Development Administration. The i6 challenge, a competitive, nationwide grant application, issued twenty-six awards to fund the creation of regional innovation centers aimed at supporting startup creation, innovation, and commercialization.
One of those i6 challenge awardees was a team led by the University of Ƶ Fairbanks. The team includes partners from the Ƶ Center for Energy and Power, the University of Ƶ Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization, and the University of Ƶ Anchorage Business Enterprise Institute.”
Read the full article in the Ƶ Business Monthly.
http://www.akbizmag.com/Ƶ-Business-Monthly/August-2015/Ƶ-Microgrid-Technologies-Micro-Industry-or-Big-Business/
Illustration of microgrid community in rural Ƶ. Image credit ACEP.