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Wind generation as part of an energy center
Integration of wind generation with balancing power and energy storage.
Wind turbine generation is intermittent, so for an industrial consumer, a balancing scheme is crucial: dispatchable generation and energy storage ensure a specified level of power supply reliability.
Facility Challenges
- — Utilization of wind generation without loss of reliability
- — Balancing variable generation
- — Maintaining power quality
- — Optimization of facility energy supply costs
4DA Energy Solutions Ltd. Solutions
- — Hybrid energy complexes with dispatchable generation
- — Energy storage for smoothing the load profile
- — Microgrids and automatic source control
- — Backup generation for critical loads
Possible System Configurations
- — Wind generation with a gas-fired energy center in an integrated scheme
- — Operation parallel to the grid or in islanded mode
- — Storage in balancing and backup schemes
Reliability and Redundancy
- — Guaranteed controllable source in the scheme
- — Redundancy based on load criticality
- — Automatic transfer switch (ATS)
Integration with Existing Infrastructure
- — Coordination with the existing power supply scheme
- — Integration with the energy complex management system
- — Consideration of site grid limitations
Service throughout the entire lifecycle
- — Monitoring of complex operating modes
- — Scheduled equipment maintenance
- — Service support throughout the life cycle
Implementation
How the Project is Implemented
Unified 4DA Energy Solutions Ltd. Workflow from Initial Data to Power Plant Operation.
Initial Data Collection
Electrical and thermal load profile, available gas resource, connection points, reliability requirements, and facility site.
Preliminary Study
Technical feasibility verification: gas balance, operating modes, grid constraints, and preliminary power plant configuration.
Technical Concept
Facility energy balance, composition of main and auxiliary equipment, thermal scheme, layout, and CAPEX/OPEX estimation.
Financial Model
Power supply economics, transaction structure, and selection of implementation model — EPC, EPC-M, or EPC-F.
Contracting
Agreement on scope of work, schedule, guaranteed performance indicators, and risk allocation among project participants.
EPC and Commissioning
Design, procurement, construction and installation works, commissioning, and bringing the power plant to design performance.
Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
Scheduled maintenance, spare parts, operational mode management, and availability reporting throughout the service life.