Phoenix Contact, the manufacturer of connection technology for photovoltaics, has inaugurated its All Electric Society Park in Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. This branch of the company shows the energy system of the future in an electrified society. In addition to lots of photovoltaics and a small wind turbine, a large storage unit has also been integrated into the entire energy system.
Storage in a 22-foot container
The manufacturer Intilion placed the system in a 22-foot container - including a battery management system. This allowed the planners to accommodate the storage unit in the outdoor area of the All Electric Society Park. After all, it is protected from wind and weather in the container.
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The large-scale storage unit has the task of temporarily storing the electricity from the photovoltaic and wind power plants that is not directly used and then making it available when it is needed. This can happen either when electricity is needed in the buildings or when an electric car docks at the charging stations.
Optimising self-consumption, cutting peak loads
For this purpose, storage modules with a total capacity of 1.2 megawatts are housed in the container. "The All Electric Society Park is a great way to experience the technical solutions of the energy transition in a vivid and understandable way," says André Haubrock, CEO of Intilion. "With our battery storage systems, we are making a very important contribution to this. In particular, they serve to optimise self-consumption and peak load management. Both are important applications for efficiently using the volatile electricity produced from renewable energies and thus increasing the share of green energy in the electricity mix," emphasises the Intilion CEO. (su/mfo)
