Hybrid energy systems & storage

All continents (except Europe) have microgrids, meaning isolated or low interconnected energy grids. The load/production balance is usually managed by generators, and more and more often by hybrid systems (Renewable, storage, gensets). These hybrid plants are plugged to an Energy Management System (EMS), that manages the grid in real time. 

Because solar and wind energy are intermittent, to avoid load shedding, the hybrid systems operators must either have lots of storage, resulting with high CAPEX, or have spinning reserve, resulting in high OPEX. 

Are you a hybrid plant operator ? We can accompany you in sizing your system, to have the better CAPEX/OPEX optimization, based on the variability of meteorology, combined with the grid code. 

Once the system is operational, we can provide short-term solar forecasts, with the SteadyEye technology. Developed specifically to anticipate large drops in solar production, the SteadyEye module is complementary to the EMS. With this technology, you can reduce the spinning reserve, by stopping the power generators when the risk is attenuated and when batteries alone can respond to fluctuations.