PROUDLY MADE IN CANADA
$2.30/L, including delivery to the site from
the nearest bulk fuel station.
Diesel, Renewables and
Energy Storage
To reduce the diesel consumption for the
Gunnar camp, SRC developed a Hybrid
Energy Container power system. SRC
conducted extensive site monitoring of
the camp to characterize the site’s load
and then designed the customized hy-brid
system to maximize the fuel savings
over the life of the remediation effort. All
aspects, including battery chemistry, in-verter
technology, generator type and hy-brid
construction, were considered. It was
constructed in the spring of 2015, received
certification and was then transported
from Saskatoon to the Gunnar camp via
truck and barge.
The customized, containerized power
system was integrated into a single modu-lar
container, which accommodates a gen-erator,
a battery, a photovoltaic array and
an inverter system equipped with remote
control and monitoring systems. This de-sign
makes the power system portable and
rugged, while allowing multiple systems
to be stacked to achieve higher genera-tion
and storage capacities, as well as to in-crease
reliability through redundancy.
Hybrid Energy Container
Features
• Peak output capacity: 69 kW
• 60 kW diesel generator with 42 kW/259
kWh energy storage system
• 20-foot modular container, climate
controlled, remotely operated, fully
automated
• Easily integrated into existing site
infrastructure
Throughout the first summer of opera-tion,
the Hybrid Energy Container met all
SRC’s goals by reducing diesel fuel costs,
providing reliable power and reducing
overall maintenance. During its operation
at Gunnar, the power system reduced gen-erator
runtime by over 70 per cent, and
saved 86 per cent of the site’s fuel consump-tion.
The hybrid provided CAD$93,000 in
savings during its first four months of oper-ation
and has a payback period of less than
12 months of operation.
The Hybrid Energy Container has prov-en
it can provide reliable energy to remote
off-grid industrial sites and communities,
while reducing fuel consumption and main-tenance
requirements. The system can also
be customized and scaled to accommodate
much larger loads at other potential sites.
SRC is continuing to provide services and
customized Hybrid Energy Container pow-er
systems to sites that benefit from the im-plementation
of this technology.
For more information on the Hybrid Energy
Container, go to https://www.src.sk.ca.
SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
This design makes
the power system
portable and rugged,
while allowing multiple
systems to be stacked
to achieve higher
generation and storage
capacities, as well as
to increase reliability
through redundancy.
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