微型电网

什么是微电网?
A microgrid is a small electric system that combines local energy resources and control technologies to provide power to a defined area. 微电网通常与主电网保持连接，但它们可以独立运行.

The controller serves as the lynchpin of the microgrid; it can activate demand response components, as well as control generation and storage resources to balance the system’s load with the resources available.

目的
A microgrid can improve system reliability by generating their own power to avoid prolonged and rotating blackouts during and after storm events. 此外,微型电网:

• 连接主电网，补充和多样化电力资源
• 作为一种资源，可以在需求高峰期调用
• Provide a learning opportunity that will help discover future uses for microgrids and their components
• Help reduce power supply costs by providing an alternative source of power generation and storage

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have four active microgrids, with one more in development:

Ocracoke岛

奥克拉科克岛微电网, 位于北卡罗来纳州外班克斯, 于2017年2月开始运营. North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives developed and installed the microgrid in partnership with local cooperative 潮间地EMC.

资料来源:杜克大学桑福德公共政策学院

Ocracoke岛’s remote location leaves it vulnerable during weather events and isolated from central power generation sources. 微电网将为该岛提供更好的电力可靠性, serve as a resource that can be called on during times of peak demand and allow for the testing of system components to discover future uses.

微电网组件包括一个控制器, 太阳能电池板, 电池存储, 联网智能恒温器, 热水器控制器和柴油发电机.

巴特勒农场微型智能电网"

巴特勒农场的微电网, 位于Lillington, NC, is a microgrid project that integrates components owned by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives with resources owned by the farm and seeks to incorporate alternative energy sources, 包括沼气, 太阳能和电池存储. The farm has existing generation used to support its power needs during times when service has been interrupted, 它还出售可再生能源产生的电力, 包括猪粪和太阳能, 到它的电动合作社, 南河EMC. 微电网于2018年2月投入运营.

The goal of this project is to learn more about how a microgrid located on a member’s property can be incorporated into the electric cooperatives’ distribution system, and it also serves as a case study for the ways agribusiness and utilities can work together to develop solutions that are mutually beneficial and support both industries, 以及北卡罗来纳州社区的生活质量.

该微电网的组件包括控制器, 太阳能电池板, 三星的电池, 沼气发电和柴油发电机. 微电网还被用作当地学生和教师的教育资源.

苍鹭的巢 

Located in the eastern North Carolina community of Shalotte and developed in partnership with developer 亚当斯组 和当地电力合作社 不伦瑞克电动“苍鹭之巢”是该州首个住宅微电网.

一旦全面运作, 该网站的30多个家庭将配备太阳能电池板, 需求响应式热水器, 需求响应ecobee可编程恒温器和电动汽车充电的选择. 节能和可持续发展的特点被融入到建筑材料中. A portion of the neighborhood is dedicated to a larger community solar array with 电池存储.

The community is made up of interconnected loads and resources connected to the main electric grid. 在典型的一天里, 居民将从主电网获得电力, 他们的太阳能电池板和社区太阳能阵列提供电力. 然而, 在风暴过后，主电网的连接是否会变得不可用, for example–the residents will benefit from continued solar power as well as the battery backup system. 除了, the demand response thermostats and water heaters can be controlled by the local electric cooperative to make more power available to the system during that time, 以及在需求高的时期.

鹰追逐

鹰追逐 is another residential microgrid being developed by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives in Youngsville, NC与建筑商合作 温斯洛的家园 和当地电力合作社 后电, 其目标是提高电力服务的可靠性和弹性, 以及降低峰值电力成本. 在停电期间，微电网将能够支持社区长达36小时, and will also remain connected to the main grid during normal operations to provide power diversity and increased reliability.

The 鹰追逐 microgrid will include a single 300-kilowatt propane powered electric generator and a 1 megawatt-hour/500 kW Tesla PowerPack battery system. North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives will own the battery and the microgrid controller that brings the various components together. The microgrid will also integrate smart water heater controls for each home that will help reduce peak demand for power. 后电 is offering a rebate for the installation of electric water heaters in each house, 每个家庭的车库也将预先有线为电动汽车充电.

玫瑰英亩的农场

澳门全部云顶网站正与海德县的鸡蛋生产商合作 玫瑰英亩的农场 以及当地的电力合作社， 潮间地EMC, to develop an agricultural microgrid that will deliver a variety of benefits to the farm and surrounding community, 包括增强环境可持续性和电网弹性.