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Providing resilient and economical power.
As the need for secure, resilient, and greener energy solutions increases, more and more businesses and communities are recognizing the economical benefits of distributed power generation and microgrid solutions as part of a broader energy management strategy. It is no wonder that the trend today is away from large-scale combined cycle gas turbine power plants. Smaller power plant projects offer lower CAPEX and high efficiency, and smaller, modular systems offer increased reliability and resilience.
Typical microgrid scope
A typical microgrid scope has a dispatchable distributed energy resource (dDER), another energy resource such as a solar PV, and a storage system such as a battery energy storage system (BESS).
Development of local microgrids with a CHP solution, in addition to improving the reliability of power supply, also provides thermal power, increases total efficiency and allows to further reduction of the carbon footprint.
Common major drivers for creating local microgrids are:
need to improve the reliability of power supply or;
desire to get away from expensive centralized energy sources, especially during peak consumption hours or;
need to reduce the carbon footprint produced by the company / community through use of cogeneration as a more efficient way of generating energy compared to centralized sources or;
possibility of combining traditional local cogeneration using gaseous fuels with renewable energy sources.
Microgrids advantages
Renewable integration
With smart management of dispatchable DERs, such as engines and volatile DERs like PV and wind, microgrids can employ a wide range of renewable energy resources without compromising resilience.
Peak shaving
Combined with a BESS, the microgrid can reduce peak loads by discharging the battery when demand is high and recharging when demand is low. Demand charges can be reduced. Peak shaving also enables deferral of grid infrastructure investments.
Energy arbitrage
When the grid is connected, real-time price arbitrage can be an important revenue stream to improve economics and increase return on investment for the microgrid.
Power reliability/islanding
The microgrid can disconnect from the grid in case of a grid event. While islanded, DER operation is optimized for resilience. Seamlessly synchronizing back
Spinning reserve
Stable island mode operation through dynamic spinning reserve management. Battery energy storage systems further increase fuel efficiency and reduce the CO2 footprint.
Ancillary services
Microgrid supporting transmission grid by facilitating demand response programs as well as providing reactive power, frequency, and voltage control.
Optimized self-consumption
Reduces energy costs when feed-in tariffs are low. Surplus energy from renewables can be stored and used when needed.