TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) and its partners, the U.S. Department of
Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Primus Power, and Advanced Energy (NASDAQ: AEIS)
have successfully demonstrated an advanced microgrid system capable
of islanded (off-grid) operation using stored and high penetration
renewable energy.
The testing effort, conducted at NREL's Energy Systems
Integration Facility, incorporated Primus
Power's EnergyPod® 706kVA powertrain, two AE 100kW
solar inverters and Raytheon's Intelligent Power and Energy
Management (IPEM) Microgrid Controller. The demonstration proved
the ability for an Energy Storage System-driven microgrid with
conventional photovoltaic (PV) inverters to achieve 100% PV
penetration while retaining the power quality needed to satisfy
critical facility loads. This maximizes the amount of solar energy
that is utilized and minimizes the need to rely upon conventional
fuel burning generators, reducing operational costs, logistical
burden and carbon footprint.
Raytheon's IPEM Microgrid Controller provides key supervisory
control functions, employing model-based control methods to
coordinate operation of microgrid resources and perform advanced
energy management functions. These capabilities provide safe and
reliable microgrid operation while maximizing efficiency via
optimal use of renewable resources (e.g., PV) that would otherwise
be unavailable during off-grid operation. The demonstration
validated key component and system functions and control features
that serve as the basis of an Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP)-funded demonstration system, which
will be fielded at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in
mid-2015.
"Raytheon's Intelligent Power and Energy Management Microgrid
Controller leverages unique capabilities designed to provide
enhanced energy management functionality to the Department of
Defense," said Paul Ferraro,
Raytheon's vice president of Integrated Defense Systems' Advanced
Technologies Programs. "Our IPEM technology enhances energy
security and efficiency, which are essential components required to
meet current and future DoD energy objectives."
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014
sales of $23 billion and 61,000
employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader
specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the
world. With a history of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration
and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well
as cyber security and a broad range of mission support services.
Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham,
Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com
and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
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