Microgrid iyi ndi kapangidwe kazinthu zophatikizika, zomangidwa, ndikuyikidwa ndi Solential. Zapangitsa Fort Wayne kukhala umodzi mwamizinda yochepa ku US yodziyimira pawokha kuti ipange mphamvu zake zopangira madzi ndi zimbudzi.
Ntchitoyi idayamba mu Seputembala 2013 ndikuyika makina oyendera dzuwa oyandama pamwamba pa maiwe osungiramo madzi a mumzindawo. Gululi limapangidwa ndi mapanelo 12,000 amphamvu amphamvu ku Three Rivers Filtration Plant, Water Pollution Control Plant, ndi Wet-Weather Pump Station. Chifukwa chake, izi zitha kuwononga gawo lalikulu la mphamvu zanyumba iliyonse.
Kuwonjezera mphamvu dzuwa, ndi microgrid amagwiritsa kusakaniza chakudya zinyalala biogas ndi gasi injini, kupangitsa kuti mosavuta opareting ngakhale gululi-womangidwa kapena kunja-gululi. Kuphatikiza apo, makina a batri apamwamba kwambiri amatsimikizira kudalirika pamasiku a mitambo kapena masiku okhala ndi dzuwa lochepa. Ndi izi, akuyembekezeka kuchepetsa kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha mpaka matani 4,600 pachaka. Izi zimathandizira kudzipereka kwa Fort Wayne pakukhazikika.
Ndi ndalama zokwana $2.8 miliyoni zogwirira ntchito zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito mu 2023, microgrid ikuyembekezeka kusweka ngakhale mkati mwa zaka 20 ndikupulumutsa mzindawu $8 mpaka $10 miliyoni pa moyo wake wonse. Kuyamikiridwa ndi Meya a Sharon Tucker, pulojekiti ya microgrid ikuyimira lingaliro la Fort Wayne loyang'ana patsogolo mayankho amagetsi monga chizindikiro cha mizinda ku United States.