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GSE0060 - Smart Grid Springboard Microgrid Design
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Get up to speed quickly with a template approach to microgrid design.

Learn key aspects of the state-of-the art-microgrid design. Get a clear picture of the challenges of designing and installing microgrids in your desired location.

Specifically this design template and report* will include:

• State-of-the-art template tailored to your specific project requirements
• Comparison and cost/benefit analysis of different microgrid design approaches
• What energy source(s) make the most sense for your organization or project
• Economic analysis of design alternatives
• Storage alternatives and pro vs. con analysis

*Comprehensive Report delivered in printed and electronic format. (Service delivery timing based on customer interview availability.)

Benefits

• Assess the feasibility of a microgrid solution for a specific customer / utility application
• Determine the optimal microgrid design for the specific customer / utility application
• Facilitate broad staff understanding of the microgrid concepts, costs, benefits, and applicability to the territory or fleet of sites
• Assess the microgrid costs and benefits of the specific application
• Understand how the microgrid might apply to additional sites in your territory or fleet of sites

Details

• Duration: Approximately 6 weeks depending on time needed for interviews and data and information acquisition.
• Individual interviews with key executives and decision makers in the organization (2 Executive sponsors, 6-8 technical leaders)
• Creation of design template customized for your organization or specific project
• Audit and review current design or deployment plans if applicable
• Analysis of cost and benefit for the specific microgrid application as well as projection of the microgrid solution for similar applications across the utility territory or business customer fleet
• Creation of focused report for your organization
• Cost: $57,000 USD

Questions? Click here to email us for a response within 24 hours.

GSE0061s  Seminar - Why do we need MicroGrids?
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Let an expert show your team about how to go about designing a microgrid.

This one-day seminar will leave you with a better understanding of methods and things to think about when starting a microgrid design project. Learn about best practices in microgrid design from industry experts who have several cases to use as examples. This seminar will provide you with an opportunity to ask your most pressing questions about microgrid design from top industry consultants for a fraction of the price of a standard consulting engagement.  Information presented will include:

• What a microgrid does and why it is important
• Microgrid use cases and functionality
• Architecture and design of the microgrid
• Logical siting of microgrids – market drivers
• Typical costs and benefits of a microgrid

Benefits

• Achieve a general understanding of how a microgrid strategy will help a utility or business customer
• Understand the overall design of a microgrid for your application
• Understand the costs and benefits of a microgird for your application

Details

• Deliverable: One-day seminar at your location
• Duration: One 8-hour day (or two 4-hour sessions over two days upon approval of presenters)
• Seminar includes: 8 hours of presentation, exercises, and Q&A
• Cost: $7,500 plus T&E for consultant(s)

Questions? Click here to email us for a response within 24 hours.

About Horizon
Horizon Energy Group LLC is a small company created to provide meaningful, value-added services in the energy industry for optimization of client systems performance, for programs and projects, and for developing energy strategies and technologies in the next generation.  Horizon is the microgrid architect / designer of one of the first utility-scale microgrids in the U.S. with a team hosted by San Diego Gas & Electric.  Horizon has developed Smart Grid strategies and business cases, recently finishing its fifth which is the first state-wide Smart Grid Implementation Plan.  Horizon has been active for 6 years in the development of utility strategies, use cases, and architectures for advanced metering, distribution management, integration of renewables, and overall Smart Grid implementation.