RIDER Center Partners in $28.7M Grid Resilience Project

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center will participate in a $28.7 million federal investment to protect Florida communities against extreme weather events.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant will support the City of Tallahassee Electric & Gas Utility in deploying a utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to strengthen grid resilience and provide backup power to critical facilities.