Powersystems are actively powering green energy centres of the future by reducing operational costs through energy consumption savings, reducing carbon emissions, and providing clients with innovative solutions, resilience, and security of supply to the National Grid.
Powersystems were awarded the contract for the Electrical Balance of Plant at the Tritax Symmetry Park Energy Centre (Biggleswade) working again with BasePower and acting as Principal Contractor providing all of the HV & LV Infrastructure for the Energy Centre. Further renewable technologies, the battery and generating assets were from Rolls Royce.
Powersystems were appointed as the specialist delivery partner to undertake the design, supply, installation, and commissioning works for the balance of plant assets within the newly constructed Energy Centre to connect generating assets inside the Energy Centre to the HV distribution of the wider 11 kV distribution system at Symmetry Park, Biggleswade.
A combination of Gas CHPs, Diesel Generators, Battery Energy Storage (BESS), microgrid controlled, integrated with a new 11 kv Schneider Genie EVO 10 panel switchboard, connected to the existing UKPN (DNO) grid (which has an import constraint of 2,500 kva) as the Phase one off taker utilises the full capacity, there is a requirement to provide additional capacity for the Phase 2 build on the Tritax Symmetry development which will be supplemented by the new Energy Centre microgrid assets, which will also include roof mounted solar with an output of 4,500kw.
The micro grid system now commissioned will provide constant all year-round power of up to an additional 2000 kW thus providing the occupants of Symmetry Park the same level of supply security, availability, and quality as the National Grid.
The scheme operates in parallel with the DNO network via a synchronising bus section circuit breaker. The generation assets deployed by Rolls Royce, can provide N+1 resilience. The scheme under total loss of grid supply (UKPN network) can operate fully in ‘island mode’ and under black start conditions. Providing a fully resilient supply to Phase 2 independent of the electricity grid and provide a smooth transfer back without interruption to customers on grid supply restoration.
Powersystems were the preferred supplier of choice to deliver this ground-breaking technology, working in conjunction with BasePower and Rolls Royce the first of this type and scale to be deployed in the UK.
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