microgrid

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ grid.

Noun

microgrid (plural microgrids)

  1. A very small grid.
    • 2017, Frances M. Ross, Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy, page 376:
      A plastic microgrid on a glass slide is put onto a water surface (a), so that the microgrid bars (with trapezoidal cross section) float on the surface with shorter edge down (b).
  2. A small power supply grid containing distributed generation of electricity.
    • 2026 June 13, Alice Fisher, “Can robots build new towns?”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
      One buzzy mitigation is the microgrid: small-scale local electricity networks which combine energy generation, typically from solar or wind, and battery storage to power a town or community.

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