WAPA says it''s Making Progress on St. John Microgrid
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority continues its goal to introduce microgrids to the territory as it also continues to prioritize grid reliability and redundancy to reduce outages for its customers, the utility
Mikko Heinonen COMPARISON OF LVAC AND LVDC
3 LVAC AND LVDC MICROGRIDS 15 3.1 LVAC MG advantages and disadvantages 15 3.2 LVDC MG advantages and disadvantages 16 3.3 Energy efficiency and savings of LVDC technology compared to LVAC technology in microgrids according to literature 18 3.3.1 Power electronics and power conversion 19
Selection of LVDC Microgrid Component for Efficient Microgrid
The LVDC distribution has piqued academic interest due to expansion in power electronics technologies. The use of converters, however, has created many technical problems for their protection and control in the case of a failure under improper circumstances. In converter-fed systems, after-the-fault conduct LVDC distribution protection is much different and more
St. Croix Microgrid Project, U.S. Virgin Islands
The St. Croix Microgrid Project is a smart grid project being developed in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a microgrid renewable integration project. The project is expected to be completed in 2021. Go deeper with GlobalData. Reports. Vestas
VI Energy Office Unveils Energy Resilient Micro-Grid at St. Croix
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – On Tuesday, April 23, the Virgin Islands Energy Office (VIEO) unveiled a micro-grid farm at the St. Croix Educational Complex (SCEC) that will enable the
Brighter Outlook Emerges to Harden Power Grid
Substantial progress has been made to create more resilient power grids throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands since hurricanes Irma and Maria left thousands of homes, businesses and critical facilities, such as hospitals,
Brighter Outlook Emerges to Harden Power Grid Across U.S. Virgin Islands
An innovative microgrid would maintain power generation by disconnecting from the traditional framework and operate on its own using local energy generation in case of an
Current-Source Solid-State DC Transformer Integrating LVDC Microgrid
Solid-state dc transformer to integrate low-voltage dc (LVdc) microgrid, wind turbine (WT) generator, photovoltaic (PV), and energy storage (ES) into medium-voltage (MV) direct-current (MVdc) distribution grids is attractive. This article proposes current-source dc solid-state transformer (SST) for MVdc collection system in WT, PV, and ES farms or as an
FEMA Greenlights $129 Million Microgrid Project For The USVI,
WAPA plans four microgrid projects. WAPA''s recovery plan also calls for building three microgrids on St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island as well as the one on St. Croix, according to a late February presentation by the utility to the US Virgin Islands'' Legislature''s Committee on Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure. The utility expects
VI Energy Office Unveils Energy Resilient Micro-Grid at
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – On Tuesday, April 23, the Virgin Islands Energy Office (VIEO) unveiled a micro-grid farm at the St. Croix Educational Complex (SCEC) that will enable the Educational Complex''s emergency hurricane shelter to
Microgrid on St. John Sees Progress
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority ("WAPA" or "Authority") would like to provide the public with an update on its goal to introduce microgrids to the Territory as the Authority continues to
A Review on Topological Advancement and Performance of Low
Globally, grid systems are facing substantial challenges due to the rapid growth in power demand. New technologies equipped by means of smart energy resources are one promising solution to cope with this challenge, leading to microgrid systems. The growing demand to develop the power sector by utilizing alternative energy resources plays an influential role in
Energy management scheme in microgrid with LVDC using smart
A new energy management scheme for grid-integrated battery-based solar PV system is developed for a more practical DC bus voltage of 48 V. The main objective of the proposed work is to feed the grid by optimizing the available energy from PV and battery system. A unique advance adaptive control algorithm is used to generate the reference signal which is
Design and Control of DC–DC Converters in a PV-Based LVDC Microgrid
The primary concerns in designing and control of LVDC microgrid involve: (a) choice of suitable converter, (b) extraction of maximum power from RES, (c) voltage regulation and (d) power sharing among various sources and loads [7, 8]. The output power of PV is intermittent in nature and is affected due to change in climatic conditions.
A 28-MW Virgin Islands Microgrid Receives FEMA
A 28-MW microgrid project in the US Virgin Islands was awarded $4.4 million by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the project''s initial phase. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
Microgrids: Impact on the Development of Sustainable
The concept of microgrid is evolving by leaps and bounds and assumes various forms depending on location and local requirements (Wouters 2015, 23).At the same time, the definition of microgrid is not based on a minimum or maximum size of a microgrid system but rather on function (Soshinskaya et al. 2014, 661). A generic definition treats microgrid as a
FEMA Greenlights $129 Million Microgrid Project For
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) will use the funding to design and engineer the project, Noel Hodge, the utility''s interim executive director, said. WAPA expects FEMA will pay for the entire $129
After Hurricanes, Rebuild Includes Microgrid on St. Thomas
The on-site microgrid features four propane-fueled C65 Capstone microturbines, a 1,247-kWh battery energy storage system, 584 kW of solar photovoltaic cells, and an E-Finity microgrid controller.
Brighter Outlook Emerges to Harden Power Grid
An innovative microgrid would maintain power generation by disconnecting from the traditional framework and operate on its own using local energy generation in case of an emergency or disaster. WAPA also plans to
PRESS RELEASE (6.26.23): Microgrid in St. John Sees Progress U.S
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority ("WAPA" or "Authority") would like to provide the public with an update on its goal to introduce microgrids to the Territory, as the
Utility for British Virgin Islands seeks EPC to
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, which serves the US Virgin Islands, also has been pursuing microgrids, winning $ 4.4 million in funding earlier this year from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the first phase of a $129 million solar microgrid planned on western St. Croix. When finished, the microgrid plus 4 MW of solar from another
Renewable, Hybrid Island Microgrid Projects Under
Two more island renewable energy microgrid projects were announced June 22, one on the Dutch island of Aruba and another on St. Croix, the easternmost of the US Virgin Islands. St. Croix Commercial Facility Goes
MPC-based control for a stand-alone LVDC microgrid for rural
A different approach for optimal control particularly suited for microgrid applications is the MPC control. MPC controllers are particularly suited for islanded microgrid control as they calculate control action as an optimization problem over a defined prediction horizon, which allows integrating available forecasts in control action calculations [32], [33], [34].