North American Microgrids Report Now Available

According to GTM Research’s new report, North American Microgrids 2015: Advancing Beyond Local Energy Optimization, cumulative U.S. microgrid capacity will reach 2.8 GW by 2020.

Some of the reports contents include:

Microgrid capacity forecasts through 2020
Competitive positioning of key players
Operational and planned deployments
Microgrid databased with details on more than 200 projects and more

Learn more here: http://www.greentechmedia.com/research/report/north-american-microgrids-2015?utm_source=GTMRemail2&utm_medium=GTMREmail&utm_campaign=microgrid2015

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