EPS Commissioned for Enel the World's First 100% Emission-free Microgrid

MILAN and CALAMA, Chile, June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

EPS realized for Enel Green Power the world's first microgrid 100% emission-free, which is powered by solar energy and coupled with hydrogen and lithium-based storage.

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The system is currently meeting part of the energy demand of the camp that hosts over 600 technicians working at the Enel Green Power's geothermal plant Cerro Pabellón, located in Ollagüe, in the Antofagasta region of Chile, in the heart of the Atacama Desert (4500m above sea level).

The microgrid relies on a 125 kWp solar installation, backed by a 450kWh^[1] hydrogen and a 132kWh lithium storage technologies. Our system, being able to integrate hydrogen and lithium, enables to cope with, respectively, seasonality and intermittency of power supply.

As a result, the microgrid is capable of supplying clean energy 24 hours per day and 7 days a week, with no need for support of any diesel generator (unlike most plants of this type) and provides stable power on demand with the same level reliability of the national electrical grid.

The system will prevent 36 tons of CO₂ emissions per year on a total energy consumption of 132 MWh per year, with no need for support of any backup diesel generator.

This is a disruptive and innovative project. For the first time, this Hybrid Power Plant combines renewables with the complete set of innovative technologies developed by the EPS Group.

"It's a turning point in the validation from the market of our technology and another milestone in our path toenergy transition formastering the intermittency of renewables," commented Carlalberto Guglielminotti, Chief Executive Officer of EPS. "The HyESS, vertically integrated with the EMS and the intelligent software, enables EPS to provide a full technological suite andtograduallydisplace dieselgeneration globally.

"This project confirms the universality of our technologybuilt to manageanytype ofrenewable energysupply anddifferentstorage solutions.EPS is proudof the commissioningofthis unique and challengingmicrogrid insucha remotegeographical area and, above all, to have partnered withENEL,the largestEuropeanutility by number of customers." 

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1. Net energy stored (or 1.1 MWh gross energy stored)