A microgrid is a self-sustained system, consisting of interconnected distributed energy resources and loads under a common control scheme that can operate in an independent mode during grid failures. Energy resources may be renewables like solar and wind, diesel generators, gas turbines, battery storage, electric vehicles and/or demand/response. Microgrids may serve applications ranging from industrial and commercial, campus/institutional, communities to military installations, in an autonomous or grid-connected manner.
Autonomous: Off-grid systems where generated power is consumed to meet the needs of the local demand. Partly autonomous systems are also covered.
Grid Connected: Generate and distribute power within the local grid and import/export power from a utility source
It consists of the central and peripheral Microgrid controllers, data loggers, required communication equipment, and measuring instruments as well as a SCADA/EMS server for proper system management.
Off-grid benefits
- Uninterrupted Availability of Energy
- Lower Energy Costs and Fuel use
- Continuous Power Quality
- Maximize Renewables generation using Energy storage
- Optimized Gensets Control
- Maximize Batteries Lifetime
- Optimized Gas turbines integration
- Load management and shedding
Grid-Connected benefits
- Revenue stacking with any energy market service
- Backup power in case of emergencies
- Energy Time Shifting with Batteries
- Peak Load Shaving to avoid excess load charges
- Reduce Energy costs, leveraging any non-flat pricing scheme
- Maximize Revenues via energy arbitrage
- Facilitate Energy trading via Dynamic or Scheduled control
- Demand/Response services
H-PPC
Hybrid Plant Control
Unity Control system for Microgrid applications
- Optimized Control of Battery Energy Storage sites, PV and Wind plants, Diesel and Gas generators, Loads management
- Flexible to satisfy the requirements of any microgrid, fully autonomous, partly autonomous or grid-connected
- Scalable for use by microgrid of any size, from 30kW to hundreds of MW
Vendor independent and modular - Microgrid reliability and resilience, Lower energy and fuel costs, stack revenue streams
- Integrated with Unity EMS, for microgrid central management
