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The most advanced microgrid in

the US, located near Dallas, Texas

Oncor Microgrid


Site microgrid controller +

DSO hardware

A truly Autonomous & Dynamic Microgrid

completed in under 6 months

Management of 9 different DER types

• 200 kW BES

• 120 kW Solar PV

• 06 kW Solar PV

• 65 kW Microturbine

Square D Switchboards

S&C Intellirupter

Schneider Electric Controllers and software

• 45 kW Gas recip

• 560 kW Diesels

• Wind - planned

Green Energy

• Predictive and real-time control of DER

• StruxureWare Demand Side Operation software platform

for economic optimization and dispatch

• Load preservation features for ensuring the most critical

loads are served Integration of MG Controller with BMS

• 4 separate Microgrids, autonomous and dynamic

• Coordinated Automatic Islanding and Reconnect

• Dynamic management of critical loads and generation

and storage assets

Project at a Glance

• Solar and cleaner gas (vs.

just diesel)

• Low emission CHP (not

utilizing thermal)

• Serves as a best practice to

deploying an environmentally

sustainable Microgrid, using

solar in island mode

Efficiency & Optimization

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Primary Meter Point

IntelliTeam on Grid Source

2 – Vista Switchgear

2 – Remote Switch

Area (3):

2 – 175 kW Diesel Backup Generators

1 – 25 kW/25kWh Battery

Area (2):

1 – 45 kW Propane Backup Generator

1 – 200 kW Diesel Backup Generator

Area (1):

Environmental Lab + Microgrid

Demonstration/Education Center

Solar – 112 kW south-facing

& 2kW west-facing

Battery – 200 kW / 400 kWh

Microturbine – 65 kW

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Oncor Microgrids


ONCOR – SOSF

Microgrid


Energy storage system + Vista switch

Energy Storage System

200kW / 400kWh(converted from current source

to voltage source by project

team)

S&C MV Vista switch


Oncor System Overview


Oncor System Control

Town of Fairfield,

Public Services


Powers critical facilities during electrical

grid outage

• Modern and harden public safety infrastructure to withstand

severe weather supporting 59,000 residents

• Using distributed generation sources, a Microgrid control

system was installed to control power distribution both in

grid parallel and islanded modes

• Harness Solar and gas powered generation

Efficiency & Optimization

Green Energy• Distributed generation to provide 120% of critical power

demand during all peak periods

• Reduce demand and consumption at Police and Fire HQ

over 2 years by about 60 kW and 250,000 kWh annually

Project at a Glance

• Installed PV system at Fire HQ

• Use natural gas fired CHP generators

Reliable Energy

• Ensure 365/24/7 operations of critical infrastructure,

including police and fire HQ, emergency comm center,

cell phone tower service, and homeless shelter.


Town of Fairfield Microgrid

Net-Zero Project

US Coast Guard, PR


• 3 bases, San Juan and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

• $49,984, 324 capital, self-funding

• ECMs on 300+ building and housing units

• 28% energy reduction

• 35% renewable energy production

• 63% energy cost savingsEfficiency & Optimization

Green Energy

• Building automation optimization

• Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) cooling units

• Lighting retrofits and controls

Project at a Glance

• ~3 MW solar PV power installed onsite

• Cool roofing systems

• Improved indoor air quality

• Water conservation measures

• Solar window tinting

Annual savings: $1,862,504 / year

4 Million kWh produced per year at $.02

less than PREPA (utility)


Net-Zero Project, USCG, PR

US DOE

Solar Decathlon Microgrids


Schneider Electric is the proud sponsor of this

innovative collegiate competition providing the

site microgrid since 2009

• Washington, DC (Irvine, Ca in 2013 & 2015)

• Designed, built, and interconnected the sites Net Zero

Microgrid

• 19 Connected solar powered homes

• 187 kW peak load

• 87 kW peak export to utility

• 0.5% voltage regulation

• Built to IEC, NEC, and NFPA standards

Green Energy

2011 Project at a Glance

• 100% solar PV generation

Reliable Energy• Ensure 365/24/7 operations of competition microgrid

• Managed the microgrid with 19 unique Solar PV

generators


Solar Decathlon Microgrid 2011

American Family InsuranceCorporate HQ & Disaster Operations

● Located in Madison, WI

● (4) Service Entrances

● (4) Diesel Generators

● (20+) Automated Substations

Modes of Operation

● Power Quality and Fault Direction Detection w/

Proactive CTT Island Mode, and seamless

transmission back to primary sources

● Automatic system reconfiguration after loss of

service entrance or generator

● Automatic load-shed and condition-based load

recovery and management after blackout

● Demand response / Curtailment modes including

generator operation and load shedding

● Full manual options

Bear Creek Mountain

Resort & Conference Center

● Located on more than 330 acres in Berks

County, Pennsylvania.

● The resort has gone thru several expansions,

adding a 65-room hotel, multiple additions to

ski lifts, a new pump house, and 125 high-

powered snow guns.

● There is a 5 MVA cap on incoming power from

the Utility due to transmission constraint

● In warmer weather, the resort must run in

“heavy snow-making mode” the resulting

facility load can reach 7.2 MVA.

Solution Includes

● Load forecasting algorithm

● Menu driven load prioritization

● Automatic load and generator management

Project Size

$6,372,000

Annual Dollar Savings

$508,077 /year (guaranteed)

Annual Energy Savings

962,916 kWh/yr and 1,203 kW/yr

Contract Term

18 years

GSA St Croix 100% Net Zero (DOE ESPC)

This is the first federal building to achieve 100% Net Zero

Energy through an ESPC. Schneider Electric is guaranteeing

a total of $13,496,819 in energy savings and renewable energy

production over the 18 year contract term ($508,077

guaranteed in Year 1).

Schneider Electric’s ESPC at the Almeric Christian Federal Building will enable the site to reach 100% Net Zero Energy.

This project will install

enough energy efficiency

improvements and

renewable energy systems at

the site to achieve Net Zero

Energy status – that is, the

GSA will eliminate 100% of

their brown power annual

energy use at this site – with

no upfront capital required.

• Utility: PREPA

• ~5GW of utility generation capability, but generation is not ideally located vs. loads

• Leads to voltage, frequency issues

• Can be considered to operate as a very large-scale microgrid

Microgrid Services - VAR

Management in Puerto

Rico

●Many solar developers have acquired land in PR

● 300MW+ of PV interconnection applications

● PREPA has Minimum Technical Requirements that solar plant must meet in order to maintain system stability

● Voltage Regulation

● Frequency regulation

● Ramp rate regulation

● Typically requires energy storage and capacitor bank and/or STATCOM/DSTATCOM

Refinery Load Preservation

Microgrid

K e e p i n g 1 6 0 M W + o f C H P u p w h e n

t h e g r i d i s d o w n

• Multiple locations (including CA, USA)

• Designed, engineered, and constructed a load

preservation system microgrid for 165 MW co-

generation systems serving 185 MV of load in the

initial phase.

• 90% net-zero (gas-fired CHP)

• 7 cycle islanding to preserve steam system from

tripping offline

• 100 breakers shed at high, medium, and love

voltage, closed transition

• Export of power to utility (SCE)

• Integration of sequence of events recording

• Typical of 15 similar projects in chemicals,

refining, and paper

• Existing CHP retrofits

• Completed 1999, updated 2012 – present

Project at a Glance

Investment: ~$4.5 million CA

Result: Multiple outages

avoided

Refinery Load Preservation Microgrid

ADMS Experience:

Hydro One

“Hydro One connects over 10,000 distributed generation

systems…it is simply not possible to do this and maintain

stability without a sophisticated control system at the

distribution level."

Optimize management of DG (DG Management, Energy Storage)

Adaptive relay protection

Optimize outage restoration (FLISR – fault management)

Improve network asset planning (Load Forecasting, Simulation, Device Placement)

Arming under frequency relays

General Services

Administration Buildings


• 14 buildings in 8 Region 7 Texas cities

• Building Automation System integration

• Central Plant updates

• Data center controls update

• Lighting and controls retrofit

• Water conservation measures

• Irrigation system controls

• ~ 1 MW solar PV installed across five (5) different

sites

Project at a Glance

Investment: $17,934,397

Annual savings: $1,031,290 / year

Accomplished through energy and water

savings + renewable generation (PV)

• Smart grid functionality in Grenoble and

Lyon, France, to benefit C&I and residential

end users

• Standardize and showcase a functional smart

grid that integrates consumer, facilities

renewable energy (solar, CHP, etc.), electric

vehicles, and smart meters

• Ultimately incorporates over 1,000 residential

customers and 40 commercial building sites

• 43 million Euros investment over 4 years (2012-

2016)

Greenlys


• France’s first district smart grid in Issy les

Moulineaux, Paris

• Demonstrates how energy consumption peaks

can be smoothed across an eco-neighbourhood

of prosumers

• Operational since 2013, it shows that intelligent

management of energy resources can benefit

landlords, building managers, and occupants all

at the same time

• Over 9,000 professionals and 3,000 residents

occupying the integrated building spaces are

positively impacted by this project

• 2 million Euro investment

Issygrid


• First smart grid-ready, energy storage and

management system for an office building in

France

• Management of a microgrid including: EV,

energy storage, PV, wind farm, and flexible loads

• Maximize self-consumption from solar and wind

energy production while storing or selling excess

production when optimized to do based on tariff

information

• Prevent site interruption and provide ride through

capacity for blackout events by using the onsite

produced energy when islanded.

SDEM


• EQI, the largest Schneider Electric

R&D Center, located in Grenoble,

France, is optimized with the

Prosumer DSO solution starting in

2013

• Management of HVAC, EESS, EV

charging stations, and monitoring and

forecasting of PV production

• Tours available upon request, by

appointment

EQI

Prosumer Smart Building


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