The Grid Research Innovation and Development department, with our countless amazing partners in electric engineering and electric operations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, hit another R&D effort out of the park! What you WON’T read on this article, but lies in the guts of this amazing innovation, is that this microgrid utilizes Frequency-Watt settings so that the microgrid itself can cause behind the meter DERs to respond to frequency droops as a dispatch signal! In this case, where excess solar can cause issues to a microgrid in islanded mode where there isn’t enough storage to absorb, we can initiate a frequency droop on the grid forming storage system and have the BTM curtailed in order to stabalize the island without the need of a centralized control system sending active signals to the BTM assets! Whhhhaaaaaaa?! What an amazing project that continues to push the boundaries of microgrids, smart inverters, and autonomous control systems! The future is here!!!!!! Oh and btw fwiw, the microgrid also utilizes our very own designed and developed mobile enegy storage system, complete with its own switch gear and relays in a complete package. This is next level stuff. Maybe we need to make it more challenging for the team and I need to throw in more complexity to keep them on their toes… #butcanitmakeespresso? Huge props to Christopher Moris, Franz Stadtmueller, Branden Ezell, Jason Pretzlaf, Dustin Dear, Alex Portilla, Jon Stallman, Ellis Maxwell Ernst #microgrids #innovation #DER #btm #controlsystems #futureishere #whatsnexf
Wow that is amazing! Can you please elaborate more or share any links to the mobile energy storage system? My innovation submission includes my small prototype of a mobile solar-lfp charging station.
The mobile battery could be paired with our backfeed, rapid pole trailer system for easy connection to the grid anywhere!
Big shout out to Ellis Maxwell Ernst for leading the charge on ensuring proper safety protocols were in place and for working with our PG&E Public Safety Specialists who ensured our first responders were properly trained.
Very cool. Have you looked at Vanadium Redox batteries at all?
Daniel Retz
1y
Supporting PG&E in this effort was a great opportunity to push the boundaries of how batteries can support the grid. Looking forward to the next site
Angie Gibson
1y
Great Job Grid Research Innovation and Development Team!!❤️❤️
Amitava Dhar
1y
Very interesting.
Really awesome work from the PG&E and vendor teams on this! And a great application of droop control.