Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor Selected for Ameren Microgrid
August 4, 2017 -- Schneider Electric recently announced that Ameren Corporation's newly completed utility-scale microgrid in Champaign, Illinois, is using EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor software to manage its integration of distributed energy resources (DER), including a mix of solar, wind, natural gas generation and battery storage.
Decentralization, decarbonization and digitization have changed the dynamics of energy generation for the grid and spurred growth in DER use. In this new energy landscape, it is increasingly complex to manage the rapidly expanding use of DER.
'By deploying EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor as part of its microgrid, Ameren's facility is building a smarter, cleaner energy infrastructure and maximizing the use of its distributed resources,' said Phillip Barton, Director of Schneider Electric's Microgrid Competency Center. 'The Software-as-a-Service platform provides them with an innovative and easy-to-use tool to better manage the production and consumption of its renewable energy and control energy spend with advanced predictive and learning algorithms.'
EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor, a cloud-based, demand-side energy management software platform, is designed to simplify the integration of DER and allow facility managers and microgrid operators to collect, forecast and automatically optimize the operation of DER using predictive algorithms. As part of Ameren's microgrid, it optimizes all of its DER, while offering tariff management, demand response requests, peak shaving, CO2 tracking and storm hardening services. Schneider Electric notes that the innovative platform enhances performance, optimizes energy usage and supports energy security, providing critical power to Ameren's network of users.
Located at its Technology Applications Center, the Ameren microgrid is one of the only utility-scale microgrids in the U.S. capable of serving live customer loads on a utility distribution feeder. It operates at utility-scale voltages, between 4-kilovolts and 34.5-kilovolts, with multiple levels of control. Additionally, it is the only known microgrid in the nation capable of seamlessly transitioning the power source for an entire distribution circuit from exclusively distributed generation sources to the traditional power grid.
EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor is also deployed across various utility, industrial, commercial, government and university campuses worldwide.
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