PARIS and MILAN, February 15,
2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Electro Power Systems S.A. ("EPS"), a technology pioneer
in energy-storage systems and microgrids listed on the
French-regulated market Euronext Paris (EPS:FP), announces the
commissioning of the new system microgrid connected in Flinders
Island, northeast of Tasmania,
will start in Q1 2017.
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EPS, in partnership with Toshiba, realized a hybrid storage
system sired to Flinders Island's microgrid for Hydro Tasmania, Australia's largest producer of
renewable energy. The utility is developing the "Flinders
Island Hybrid Energy Hub" project that aims to increase the
use of renewable energy on the island and dramatically reduce the
use of fossil fuels, which so far have been the only electrical
energy source on the island.
The project, thanks to the EPS system, which combines renewables
and energy storage, is intended to provide up to 65% of the
island's annual energy demand, significantly reducing
CO2 emissions and the consumption of diesel fuel by more
than 60%.
The microgrid has an installed capacity of 3MW that will
provide, despite the critical weather conditions to which the
island is exposed, stable renewable energy to approximately 900
people and it will be hybridized with 0.5 MWp of solar and 0.5 MWh
of storage system manufactured by EPS, combined with 2.0 MVA of
generators. The project does also contemplate the integration with
wind energy.
With the assistance of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency
and the Tasmanian Government, the project was developed along the
lines of the successful "King Island Renewable Energy
Integration Project (KIREIP)", which covers 100%
of King Island's power needs from
renewable sources.
SOURCE Electro Power Systems (EPS)
