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Innovation Pavilion Microgrid
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Overland Park, KS
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Office Building
References
- Client:
- Black & Veatch
Scope Of Work
To help clients realize greater levels of sustainability and to ensure reliable operations, Black & Veatch constructed a microgrid to power the company’s Innovation Pavilion at its World Headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas.
A microgrid is a small-scale electrical grid with its own power system that can operate separate from or alongside the electric grid. Commissioned in 2015, Black & Veatch’s microgrid uses renewable energy, natural gas and battery storage.
Black & Veatch’s microgrid system features three rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panel groups – monocrystalline, polycrystalline and microAC inverter-based polycrystalline – that provide 50 kilowatts (kW) of electricity. The system also includes a 100 kW lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) and a geothermal field with 15 wells drilled 500 feet deep.
