In such off-grid power systems, battery management is best done through the use of a microgrid controller and an energy monitoring platform. Elum Energy provides a wide range of solar products and ePowerControl MC and ePowerControl PPC along with our monitoring platform ePowerMonitor are best suited to perform these tasks effectively.
One appealing residential microgrid application combines market-available grid-connected rooftop PV systems, electrical vehicle (EV) slow/medium chargers, and home or neighborhood energy storage system (ESS). During the day, the local ESS will be charged by the PV and during the night it will be discharged to the EV.
G&W Electric’s microgrid will eliminate its energy dependency during times when prices are high, and it will provide more reliable and resilient power during seasonal peak demands and power outages. The 2MW-8MWh CellCube VRFB will operate at up to 150 percent of its nominal power to catch attractive power prices in the PJM market.
According to Navigant Research , the majority of grid-tied microgrids today are owned and financed by facility owners, especially in the campus/institutional category. It is important to recognize that microgrids, especially community microgrids, can utilize the existing distribution system infrastructure, radically reducing their costs.
A Microgrid controller such as the ePowerControl MC (Microgrid Controller) controls and monitors the charging and discharging of the Battery Energy Storage Systems. It prevents the system from overcharging and also protects against deep discharging. Microgrid controllers specify a predefined maximum voltage and a final discharge voltage.
The ecosystem of players in the restructured New York electricity market includes smaller generating companies called Independent Power Producers (IPPs). Microgrids, as such, do not fit neatly into the classes of market participant defined by restructuring, perhaps because they transcend the categories of generation, transmission, and distribution.