Brooklyn Microgrid Glossary

 

 

Brooklyn Microgrid map: The Brooklyn Microgrid map represents the physical locations of the Brooklyn Microgrid network.

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Community Solar Projects: Community solar projects provide energy or financial benefits to multiple community members. Community solar can refer to both community-owned projects as well as third party-owned solar plants whose electricity is shared by a community.

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Energy Resiliency: Energy resiliency represents a community’s ability to adapt to changing and unknown conditions and to recover successfully in the face of disaster.

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Kilowatt: A kilowatt (kW) is a measure of power. Power is the rate of doing work, the amount of energy transferred per unit time.

 

Kilowatt hour or kWh: The kilowatt hour (kWh) is a unit of energy. Energy is teh ability to do work.

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Negawatts: A theoretical unit of power representing an amount of electrical power saved through energy efficiency (measured in watts).  In other words, Negawatts represent the units of energy you DO NOT use.

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Peak Production: Peak production is when solar panels are producing a maximum amount of energy.

 

Photovoltaic: Photovoltaic (PV), a method for generating electric power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons.

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Potential Solar Site: A location that could serve as a future solar site but does not currently have solar panels.

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Prosumers: Someone who is both consuming and producing energy simultaneously, usually by having solar panels on their home or business.

 

PV Site/Solar Site: A location with solar panels.

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Upvote: This means to cast your vote in favor of a particular site where you want to see solar panels installed.

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