Earlier this year, a Wind-Powered Microgrid from Dallas-based Hover Energy was installed atop a Royal Navy shore base in Liverpool, England. During a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Embassy in London, the British Ministry of Defence marked that milestone by presenting the Sanctuary Award for Innovation.
The award was presented to representatives from the shore base, HMS Eaglet, and Hover CEO Chris Griffin.
Dallas Innovates profiled Hover in early 2022, detailing its rooftop “islanded” microgrids, which combine both wind and solar energy generation, enabling companies to reduce their carbon footprint by generating green energy onsite.
The roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy focused on energy security and sustainable energy design, and was attended by U.S. and U.K. public and private sector leaders, Hover said. The event was convened by the U.S. Embassy to celebrate the sustainability leadership of the Ministry of Defence, and to share lessons learned from the successful installation of sustainable energy solutions at HMS Eaglet.
Hover’s CEO quotes King Charles
Ian MacVicar and Chris Griffin with the award at the U.S. Embassy roundtable event. [Photo: Hover Energy]
Griffin, Hover’s CEO, alluded to the U.K.’s recently crowned monarch during the roundtable.
“When King Charles was Prince Charles he famously offered the perfect quote for this day and I may adopt it as a Hover vision statement if he’ll allow us,” Griffin said in a statement. “It says, ‘As chief stewards of this beautiful planet entrusted to us, it is our decisions alone that will determine its future.’ Brilliant! And today, we made excellent decisions . . . together. What an exemplary group of leaders gathered to push sustainable energy design forward. We are indeed making progress, one site at a time.”
Proprietary wind power tech blended with solar energy and an electronic control system
The Hover Wind-Powered Microgrid blends proprietary wind power technology and solar energy generation with what the company calls a “ground-breaking” electronic control system called the Renewable Energy Router. The system produces “behind-the-meter” power integration of multiple sources.
As the microgrid’s original equipment manufacturer and developer, Hover designs, develops and deploys microgrids through direct equipment sales as well as power purchase and energy service agreements, the company said.
Hover’s exclusive U.K. partner, Task Contract Solutions, completed the project for the Ministry of Defence, and has partnered with Hover with plans to deploy in many military and commercial locations throughout the U.K.
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