Eaton Helps AEP Ohio Develop First Microgrid for City of Columbus to Support Resilient, Sustainable Water Infrastructure
The Microgrid system contains onsite photo voltaic and battery power storage to maintain clear water flowing throughout grid outages.
Clever energy administration firm Eaton right now introduced that it has been awarded a contract to assist AEP Ohio enhance the steadiness and sustainability of vital water infrastructure in Columbus on the Tussing Water Booster Station. The venture will construct town’s first renewable power microgrid and lengthen Columbus’ capacity to ship protected and clear water throughout prolonged outages to the electrical grid. The microgrid venture is totally commissioned and anticipated to be energized in Q1 2023.
“We’re proud to assist AEP Ohio and the Metropolis of Columbus attain a serious milestone of their journey to construct a extra equitable, sustainable and sustainable future,” mentioned Igor Stamenkovic, vp and common supervisor for Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Providers & Methods division. “This microgrid venture is a vital instance that reveals how climate-friendly applied sciences can be utilized to modernize vital infrastructure whereas bettering folks’s lives, the surroundings and the underside line.”
Partially funded by means of AEP Ohio’s Sensible Metropolis program, the venture demonstrates how microgrids can present cheaper, sustainable and sustainable power for vital infrastructure. The microgrid additionally helps the Metropolis of Columbus Local weather Motion Plan to scale back emissions by 45% and implement 5 microgrid pilot tasks by 2030 to assist obtain carbon neutrality by 2050.
“Local weather change is already affecting the standard of life in central Ohio, and the challenges that come up from its very existence will solely proceed to develop extra frequent and extra widespread within the coming years,” mentioned Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “We’ve got an obligation to strengthen the resilience of our infrastructure and to face these challenges forward. I’m pleased with the methods during which the Metropolis of Columbus is main by instance and embracing new resolution to make sure a good and affluent future for each resident.”
In accordance with the USA Environmental Safety Company (EPA), as a lot as 40% of the working prices for consuming water techniques could be for power. The brand new microgrid on the Tussing Water Booster Station contains 100-kilowatts (kW) of onsite photo voltaic era, 440-kilowatt hours (kWh) battery power storage and Eaton’s clever microgrid controls to assist steadiness power prices and be sure that the residents obtain protected consuming water. The microgrid system permits town’s water tower to proceed working in “island” mode throughout a grid outage to maintain water flowing. It’ll additionally assist AEP Ohio help sustainable demand response and steadiness the grid by means of clever voltage regulation.
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