P143 Advanced Microgrid at MCAS Camp Pendleton (sources sought)
Marine Corps sought design-build microgrid to island Camp Pendleton air station from SDG&E.
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Marine Corps sought design-build microgrid to island Camp Pendleton air station from SDG&E.
Reinforced 99.9% critical-load availability; emergency-generator microgrid pilot; on-site energy projects.
Army explains 14-day benchmark and black-start testing at posts.
Miramar islanded from SDG&E and powered the entire air station on its microgrid.
Contract W912HQ17C0003 from Department of the Army to RAYTHEON COMPANY for $8,777,364. Description: IGF::OT::IGF --EW-201606: HYBRID MICROGRID WITH HIGH PENETRATION WIND FOR ISLANDING AND HIGH VALUE GRID SERVICES. Period starts 2016-11-07.
Single diesel generators unreliable beyond days; ~80% chance of running after two weeks.
Expands MCAGCC Twentynine Palms cogeneration/solar microgrid.
Army Reserve plans solar+battery microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett.
Tyndall ran on diesel generators 6-8 days after Hurricane Michael; lessons on fuel diversity.
AES 19.3 MW solar and 70 MWh battery on Navy PMRF land gives the range a resilient microgrid.
Hill AFB adds on-base solar to cut reliance on power from outside the fence.
FY2020 ERCIP list incl. cogeneration at Fort Leonard Wood.
Wind + battery microgrid at Otis ANGB could island and carry full base load for up to five days.
Contract W911QY18C0189 from Department of the Army to READYONE INDUSTRIES INC for $9,821,203. Description: FORCE PROVIDER AMMPS MICROGRID KITS. Period starts 2018-07-25.
ESPC at Joint Base San Antonio includes microgrid controls for critical loads.
50 MW multi-fuel plant on Army land can black-start and island Schofield, Wheeler and Kunia.
Warned bases depend on a fragile civilian grid with only days of generator fuel.
Fort Buchanan lost power two months and water one month after Hurricane Maria.
Controls let MCLB Albany island on landfill-gas CHP plus 8.5 MW biomass steam generation.
FY2018 ERCIP list incl. $5.3M CHP at Fort Leonard Wood.
Found bases rely on 50 to 350+ small building diesel generators each; modeled microgrid alternatives.
OSD and MIT Lincoln Lab began comparing building diesel generators against microgrids for critical loads.
Utility-owned 25 MW plant gives MCAS Yuma base-wide backup power during grid outages.
GAO found renewable projects need batteries or storage to provide power during outages.