Iowa's First Solar and Storage Power Plant goes live at the Maharishi University of Management
January 10, 2019 -- Maharishi University of Management's new solar power plant, designed and installed by Ideal Energy, Inc., powered up for the first time Mid-December.
The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. Designed by Ideal Energy, Inc., it is the first system of its kind in the Midwest and among the most technologically advanced solar installations in the United States.
The 1.1 megawatt NEXTracker NX Horizon single-axis tracking array uses motors and a predictive algorithm to rotate solar panels throughout the day, following the sun's path, generating around 15% more energy annually than a fixed-tilt array of comparable size. NX Horizon is capable of active tracking, which allows each row to operate independently to optimize solar production.
The project also includes a 1.05 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system, which works in tandem with solar energy to reduce MUM's energy costs by 'peak shaving' – drawing power from the solar panels or batteries instead of from the grid during expensive peak times of the day.
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