- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Investing in Resilience & Access: The Microgrid Energy Landscape https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229726?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229726?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229726?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Investing in Resilience & Access: The Microgrid Energy Landscape&body=ESG News from GreenMoney Journal https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229726?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Energy & Infrastructure](/categories/energy-infrastructure) # Investing in Resilience & Access: The Microgrid Energy Landscape ##### The Potential Uses and Benefits of Microgrids Aug 30, 2023 8:00 AM ET ![PV array located at Northern New Mexico Community College that will be utilized in our Resilient El Rito community microgrid project with Kit Carson Electric Cooperative.](https://3blcdn.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/2026-08/Aug%2023%20-DavidBreecker-article-photo_1786559024.png) *by David Breecker, Microgrid Systems Laboratory* Private investment capital at scale will be necessary to achieve our global energy goals and to avert catastrophic climate change, while also meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and achieving universal access to clean energy. Microgrids (or mini-grids, as they are known in the developing world) are one essential component of this energy transition. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, “A microgrid is a network of distributed energy resources and loads that can disconnect and re-connect to the larger utility grid as a single entity, allowing the connected loads to be served during utility outages. Microgrids can also be found in remote locations where they may not be connected to a larger grid.” These small-scale integrated energy systems are becoming an increasingly common feature of the renewable energy landscape. They offer a high degree of resilience to utility outages caused by extreme weather events, aging assets, or cyber- and physical attacks on grid infrastructure, by disconnecting (or “islanding”) from the bulk grid and operating autonomously; and they present an opportunity to move more aggressively to 100 percent renewable energy right now. They are also considered to *represent as much as 40 percent of the solution* to energy poverty challenges worldwide, affecting over 2 billion people with inadequate access. **Read about the varied uses for Microgrids and potential benefits as well as the increasing investment opportunities, all in David's article** [**here.**](https://greenmoney.com/investing-in-resilience-access-the-global-microgrid-energy-landscape/) ======== ### Additional Media #### Images [ ![David Breecker, MicroGrid Systems Laboratory](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Aug%2023%20-DavidBreecker-Articles-Photo.png?h=535dc8c8) ](/sites/default/files/images/Aug%2023%20-DavidBreecker-Articles-Photo.png "David Breecker, MicroGrid Systems Laboratory") [ ![MicroGrid Systems Laboratory - logo](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Aug%2023%20-DavidBreecker-Articles-logo.png?h=d070548a) ](/sites/default/files/images/Aug%2023%20-DavidBreecker-Articles-logo.png "MicroGrid Systems Laboratory - logo") [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/GreenMoney-30thLogo.png)](/profiles/greenmoney-journal) ### More from GreenMoney Journal ###### [Investing in the Systems Behind the Energy Transition](/news/investing-systems-behind-energy-transition) Sep 28, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Clean Energy Credit Union: Leading with Culture and Capital](/news/clean-energy-credit-union-leading-culture-and-capital) Sep 16, 2026 9:00 AM ET ###### [The Energy Transition Is Here: Why Renewable Energy Is One of the Most Compelling Investment Opportunities of Our Time](/news/energy-transition-here-why-renewable-energy-one-most-compelling-investment-opportunities-our) Sep 14, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [GreenMoney: Our Best – Articles, Videos and Podcasts (August ’26 Issue)](/news/greenmoney-our-best-articles-videos-and-podcasts-august-26-issue) Aug 11, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Investing & Healing: How Our Choices Can Help to Mend the World](/news/investing-healing-how-our-choices-can-help-mend-world) Jun 29, 2026 11:00 AM ET ###### [Capital for a Healthier World - How the Milken Institute is Building the Next Era of Impact Investing](/news/capital-healthier-world-how-the-milken-institute-building-next-era-impact-investing) Jun 9, 2026 9:00 AM ET ###### [Can the Same Land Stewardship Support Healthy Land and Healthy Ranches?](/news/can-same-land-stewardship-support-healthy-land-and-healthy-ranches) May 20, 2026 8:00 AM ET ###### [Farmland as the Original Alternative Asset ](/news/farmland-original-alternative-asset) May 18, 2026 10:00 AM ET