Operating theatres in hospitals can't lose power for a second. The idea of switching off the grid mid-procedure sounds impossible. When Enel X first proposed it in 2014, UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic's answer was a straight no. The risk to clinical operations was simply too great.
What changed their mind became the foundation of a partnership now in its twelfth year — one that has turned a costly maintenance headache into a source of system services revenue through Enel X's Virtual Power Plant, kept an 18-year-old backup generator running faultlessly, and made the hospital a quiet contributor to Ireland's grid stability.
