Montgomery County, Maryland aims to transition its electric bus fleet to zero-emissions by 2035. The microgrid is set to power a transit center for 200 zero-emissions vehicles and be the first on the East Coast to produce green hydrogen from renewables . Montgomery County opted to build a microgrid so it didn't have to rely on power from Pepco, the local utility. A rendering of another sustainable transit depot that Alphastruxure will build in Montgomery County, Maryland. "So we're going to have resilience, we're going to have green power 98% of the time, and we're getting our greenhouse-gas emissions down."

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Persons: Catherine Boudreau, Michael Yambrach, Yambrach, Montgomery, AlphaStruxure, Carlyle, that's, Don Scheuerman, we're Organizations: Service, Montgomery, Schneider Electric, Montgomery County Department of General Services Locations: Montgomery County , Maryland, Silver, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pepco