

In particular, it was for being the lead developer of the Distributed Energy Resource Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM) platform, “which was recognized as one of the most advanced economic decision support tools ever created for locational economic optimization of microgrids and hybrid distributed energy systems.” On top of his core work at Xendee, Michael also now co-teaches the “Microgrid planning and economic optimization” course at UC San Diego (CSE-41291). The work he won the award for actually forms the basis of Xendee and its microgrid as a service offering. He provides some background on his own career, including winning a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama. You can now listen to my full interview with Michael on your favorite podcast network. Though, our concept of a microgrid and how you put one together are probably far too simplistic, as I discovered recently when interviewing Michael Stadler, co-founder and CTO of Xendee, about microgrids and about Xendee’s “microgrid as a service” offering.

They offer tremendous benefits in terms of energy security, resilience, and energy independence. Microgrids are more and more popular every year.
