Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune has awarded Duke Power a $22 million utility power service contract (UESC) for the design and development of a microgrid on the navy base. The microgrid answer consists of upgraded electrical infrastructure; 5 MW of on-site pure gas-fired technology; a 5.4 MW battery power storage system; integration into an present photo voltaic photovoltaic system; and a microgrid controller to supply built-in demand administration, black begin and islanding functionality.
“We’re excited to deliver extra power reliability and stability to Camp Lejeune,” stated Melisa Johns, vp of distributed power options at Duke Power. “This challenge affords a number of progressive and built-in options that may result in extra environment friendly power use and important price financial savings at Camp Lejeune.”
The award makes use of Power Resilience Conservation Funding Program (ERCIP) funding to put in a microgrid at Camp Johnson, an training and coaching facility positioned inside Camp Lejeune.
“The Marine Corps is investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure to arrange installations to stop, get better and survive long-term lack of electrical service from weather- and climate-related occasions,” defined Marine Corps Installations Command Public Works Director Walter Ludwig. “This UESC award is a vital step towards sustaining the reliability, stability and effectivity of Camp Lejeune’s electrical infrastructure and on-site technology capabilities.”
Situated in Onslow County, NC, Camp Lejeune is house to the biggest focus of Marines within the Marine Corps. This accounts for almost 20% of the Marine Corps set up’s power consumption. Along with a number of different power effectivity tasks, Duke Power additionally accomplished a 13 MW photo voltaic facility at Camp Lejeune in 2015.
This UESC challenge is a part of Duke Power’s unregulated federal enterprise as a Division of Power licensed Power Companies Firm.
