Microgrid & Hybrid Solutions
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Power Generation
Microgrid solutions help sustain the future of energy and ensure reliable power supplies to meet customer demands.
Power Generation
Microgrid & Hybrid Solutions
Microgrid solutions help sustain the future of energy and ensure reliable power supplies to meet customer demands.
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Microgrid & Hybrid Solutions
Microgrid solutions help sustain the future of energy and ensure reliable power supplies to meet customer demands.
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Economic growth and growing populations are changing customers’ demand for power. Governments and industry are moving towards renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. At the same time, advancements in digitalization have already transformed many industries. Microgrids and hybrid systems meet the growing demand for more flexible, sustainable and cost-effective solutions.
Whether you are operating infrastructure services or public institutions, or running a commercial business, mtu microgrid solutions offers a wide variety of applications and service products, each individually designed to meet your specific needs.
Energy cost optimization
By lowering fuel consumption and electricity costs, you can reduce overall operating costs while ensuring reliability of supply.
New revenue streams
By having a mix of energy sources available locally, you can serve off-grid customers, provide grid services and improve the marketability of
renewable energies.
Security & quality of supply
Avoid power interruptions and reduce fuel dependency by switching seamlessly to alternative energy sources.
One-stop-shop solution provider
Services ranging from expert analysis and simulation of your energy data, financing services, engineering, manufacturing and installation to operation and maintenance.
Access to power
Secure high-quality access to electricity in remote areas or wherever grid capacity is limited, and support electric vehicle charging in urban areas.
CO2 avoidance
Fulfill your organization’s environmental initiatives by increasing the use of solar and wind power, providing green products and services to customers to meet their increased awareness of sustainability issues.
Reliable, sustainable and economical energy solutions
Scalable solutions for every customer need.
Microgrid Use Case: Cutting-Edge Microgrid Powers UK Logistics Park
Advancing Energy Sustainability and Operational ResilienceRolls-Royce and BasePower Ltd’s partnership at Symmetry Park Biggleswade showcases a pioneering achievement in microgrid technology. By integrating combined heat and power (CHP) plants, two battery storage containers, and advanced controls, this microgrid offers a reliable and cost-efficient power solution for industrial usage. Download the use case below to discover:
- How Rolls-Royce addresses the challenges of fluctuating energy demand with sustainable power.
- How this integrated microgrid solution can contribute to the net-zero energy transition.
Microgrid Use Case: a mine in Australia
How to lower both energy costs and environmental impact
Electricity makes up a significant share of a mine’s operating costs. Renewable energy solutions such as photovoltaics (PV) and an battery energy storage system (BESS) can lower energy costs by as much as 53% – along with the environmental footprint. How? The following use case of a mine in Australia offers two scenarios. Download the technical article below and discover how:
- A PV-only plant can greatly reduce utility grid dependence
- A combined PV and BESS can lead to optimized energy cost savings
Microgrid Use Case: Energy Supply of a German Logistics Center
How to unlock cost efficiency and sustainability
Energy costs pose a significant operational challenge now. This case study delves into three scenarios for powering a logistics center: standard, cost-effective, and hybrid. With an optimally designed microgrid solution, these costs can be reduced by as much as 61%. Download the use case below and discover how:
- Sustainable operation becomes effective through integration of renewable energies
- Increased grid independence is a better choice
Microgrid product portfolio
Optimum set-up to help with microgrid and storage projects.
mtu EnergyPack
Our mtu EnergyPack Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is a key component for improving the reliability and profitability of microgrids and energy systems. It stores electricity from any distributed power source – such as gensets, wind turbines, or solar panels – and delivers it when needed. The mtu EnergyPack is a scalable all-in-one solution.
mtu EnergetIQ Manager
The mtu EnergetIQ Manager seamlessly integrates generation, storage, and demand. It optimizes the production and utilization of power supplies to meet your specific requirements, whether your priority is cost, reducing your carbon footprint, or ensuring availability.
Diesel generator sets
Superior low load operation capability and excellent load acceptance makes mtu diesel systems a perfect fit for flexible operation within microgrids. Also, the best-in-class power density provides a high margin of safety in case backup power is called for.
Gas generator sets
Efficient fuel utilization and economic lifecycle cost make mtu gas systems a sustainable energy source for microgrids. Fast, flexible response to load changes and low load operation capability support a combination of renewable energy sources. With the given fuel flexibility across different gases (natural gas, biogas or other gases), site-specific gas conditions can be catered for.
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Microgrid solutions for multiple applications
mtu microgrid solutions range from stand-alone battery storage to fully integrated hybrid systems.
Demand charge reductionReduce your grid stability power demand by storing power and/or using gensets to lower demand charges which are typically based on the single highest grid stability power draw (in kW) per year.
EV charging integration
Enable business cases concerning electrification of the transportation sector by providing extra power during certain periods when charging of multiple vehicles exceeds the grid capacity. Match local renewable energy generation and car charging to provide true green charging.
Frequency regulation servicesProvide services to grid system operators – via utility companies or energy traders – such as frequency containment reserve, frequency restoration reserve, etc. to support grid frequency.
Genset dispatch optimizationReduce your genset runtime and boost genset efficiency by providing spinning reserve from batteries and intelligent load sharing between gensets and batteries whenever gensets are in operation.
Genset flexibilizationEnable your gensets to accept large load steps and bridge startup times by adding battery storage. In this way, a genset power plant can be upgraded for off-grid operation or backup power.
Grid limitation managementOvercome consumer-side limitations on desired load increase (e.g. factory expansion) due to limited grid connection capacities. Batteries and/or gensets can cover your additional grid stability power loads.
Off-grid energy supplyProvide electricity in areas where no grid is available, or reduce your fuel consumption (and hence electricity costs) for existing power plants in off-grid settings by adding renewable energy sources and storage.
Self-consumption & self-sufficiencyPut local power generation units such as solar arrays or CHP plants in place, and use your own power ‘behind the meter’ instead of feeding it into the grid. Increase your self-sufficiency even further by adding
battery storage.
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Power Generation
Greener power supply in the Seychelles
by Lucie Maluck, Kerstin Hansmann
Seychelles aims to generate 15 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Three mtu EnergyPacks QL compensate for power fluctuations and thus stabilise the grid.
Power Generation
99.9 percent energy availability thanks to microgrid
by Katherine Wooltorton
How do you ensure sufficient power when the grid supply is constrained?’ This was the challenge facing the British energy service developer BasePower Ltd. The solution - a 2MW microgrid
Microgrid signals hope
by Lucie Maluck
Microgrids are considered to be the future of distributed power generation. Haiti has had one in operation for many years – with suitable assistance from Rolls-Royce employees.
Power Generation
Use of Artificial Intelligence to control the energy systems of the future
by Peter Thomas
Rolls-Royce is using mtu EnergetIQ to control its smart energy systems – all the way from simple emergency generator sets to complex microgrid set-ups. EnergetIQ is flexible, scalable and based on Artificial Intelligence.
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Microgrid Solutions
Microgrids are decentralized energy systems consisting of a combination of renewable power generation, power storage and conventional power generation in order to meet a given demand.
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