The microgrid will use energy that originates from solar panels at a bus depot rather than the traditional electricity grid — the process used by most transit agencies with electric buses.
The transition comes as jurisdictions across the country are looking to electrify their bus fleets to battle climate change and amid financial windfalls from last year’s infrastructure law, which includes $109 billion for transit.The push for the Maryland project stems from the county’s climate goals, which include converting its publicly owned vehicles
“This is the kind of thing we have to do to meet our climate goals,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said during a recent tour of the Brookville depot. “The grid is clean, so the cleaner energy we use as a source, the more likely we are to be successful in reducing our total greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the goal.”
for years, but he said transit agencies must move beyond testing and pilot programs into deployments.
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