Hybrid Control Panels
Our control and distribution boards for hybrid systems are controlled by intelligent panels that prioritize the use of renewable energies (solar panels, wind turbines or battery banks), then use power from the commercial grid and finally send to start the genset, thus maximizing fuel usage.
Terasaki motorized circuit breakers are responsible for protecting conductors and human life against short circuits, as well as allowing the flow of energy to the load to be fed, and the entire system is housed inside an IDE metal cabinet, with anti-seismic certification, for marine use, and electromagnetic compatibility, among others.
Micro-Reds
A Micro-Network is a self-sufficient energy system for a specific geographic area, such as a hotel, a hospital, an educational center, a farm, a shopping mall or a neighborhood.
The Micro-Grid is composed of various types of distributed energy (solar panels, wind turbines, generator sets, among others), where each one “produces” (transforms) and contributes its energy to the system. Currently, Micro-Grids have added energy storage systems (batteries) and can be interconnected to the Commercial Grid.
The buildings and other equipment within the micro-grid area receive the electrical energy needed to operate, and in some cases this provides heating or cooling to the users, through intelligent control systems.
For a Micro-Network to exist, three main characteristics must be met:
- It covers only a localized and specific area: the energy produced in the Micro-Grid is used only for users close to it.
- The Micro-Grid is independent: It does not depend on the external Commercial Grid to supply all the energy demand, which can be produced by different sources: Solar panels, wind turbines, generator, batteries, etc.
- The Micro-Grid is intelligent, it has systems operated by an intelligent controller that manages all the sources: generator, wind turbines, solar panels, batteries, etc. This controller will be in charge of supplying the energy demand in the most efficient way possible, combining the following objectives:
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- Lower production cost,
- Maximize the use of renewable or green energies,
- Greater reliability and stability of the system.
Propace Ingeniería S.A., can supply a Micro-Grid system for different applications and capacities, with small powers from several tens of kilowatts [kW], to large systems with powers that can reach megawatts [MW].
