SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS

End-to-End System Solutions

Intelligently power urban and remote communities, cities, solar farms and grids

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Selected Projects

Renewable Energy Megatrend:

Intelligent Capabilities are Needed to Mitigate High PV Penetration Issues and Maintain Grid Reliability

! the utility grid as it exists today was not designed for PV systems ! the inevitable transformation of the electrical grid to a more distributed generation configuration requires solar system capabilities well beyond simple net-metered, grid-connected approaches. - United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu

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Disruptive Smart Solar Technology

Solar + Smart Grid + Grid Reliability
! Integrated Solar Module and Smart Energy Module (SEM) that includes:
! Panel-level inverter ! Two way wireless smart grid communications platform ! Grid sensors ! GridWave functionality ! Reactive power management ! Low Voltage Ride Through ! Smart microgrid technology ! Other smart energy features ! Revenue grade metering ! Outage management support

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An Expandable Platform
Energy Generation + Energy Efficiency + Smart Grid Applications
Utility Pole-Mount Street Light-Mount Residential Roof-Mount Commercial Roof-Mount Ground-Mount

SunWave AC Module

SunWave Communicator

IllumiWave Remote Street Light Control Backhaul

Network Operations Center

IntelliView Smart Energy Management Platform

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Building a Powerful Ecosystem

Command and control of Urban and Remote Smart Communities from a centralized location

with IntelliView

Ubiquitous renewable energy and smart grid technology, coupled with autonomous and centralized command and control
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Test Site

Location: ACE Training Yard 5100 Harding Highway, Mays Landing NJ.

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System Setup
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Load 4000 W Timer

Load 1000 W Timer

Load 500W Timer V

Substation

V I 0.195 mH, 0.03! 0.195 mH, 0.03!

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PV 24 x 200W 4800 W

Cap Controller

2.5% + j5% I Current Sense V Voltage Sense Cap Bank 250uF Cap Bank 500uF

4 KVA
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Methodology
! Change load in ! System operating
! With No PV ! With traditional PV ! With Volt/VAr enabled

! Compare
! Voltage fluctuations and power quality in the circuit ! Frequency of capacitor bank switching

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Circuit Operation with No PV

PV disabled in order to capture state of the circuit in the absence of the deployment
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Circuit Operation with Traditional PV

Intermittent PV causes violent voltage fluctuations Steep increase in Capacitor Bank operation in response to voltage fluctuation

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Circuit Operation with GridWave Performing Volt/VAr

Volt/VAr dampens voltage and reduces flicker Capacitor bank switching events are reduced below benchmark (no PV)

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Summary
! Volt/VAr is an effective technique for dampening voltage flicker and improving power quality ! Volt/VAr operation reduced capacitor bank switching frequency to its normal level (with no PV) ! Smart PV systems can be deployed at high penetration levels while maintaining power quality

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Cost Effective Solutions

Contributing factors to higher net present value (NPV) and resultant lower levelized cost of energy (LCOE):

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Thank you
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