Platform / Vertical 02

Microgrid.

Grid-connected, islandable or fully off-grid. The platform models how generation, storage and load behave together — and what happens the moment the grid goes away.

What makes this load different

In a microgrid, resilience is the product. The system is judged less on average cost than on what it does during the worst week of the year, so the twin has to be run long enough for that week to appear.

  • Islanding and reconnection behaviour, not just steady-state energy balance
  • Autonomy measured in hours or days of critical load without generation
  • Seasonal asymmetry — a system sized on annual averages fails in the worst month
  • Mixed ownership and mixed load types on one bus
  • Remote sites where fuel logistics and maintenance access set the real constraint
  • Backup generation kept in the design and dispatched only when the twin says it is needed
Islanded backup operation of a microgrid during a grid failure
Live

Size it, then take the grid away

A highland community site in Tasmania on live resource data — a 1.8 MW solar array, a 900 kW wind cluster and a 6 MWh battery against a 1 MW load. Resize any of them, then press Grid connected to island the system and see what the sizing actually buys you.

Platform modules

How the engine is configured here

Resource acquisition
Live irradiance and wind for the site from a free reanalysis archive, converted to PV output through a performance ratio and to wind output through a turbine power curve at hub height, with a simulator taking over if the feed is unreachable.
Design & sizing
Generation, storage and backup sized against the load and the autonomy requirement, with component specifications and concrete model recommendations.
Digital twin
Grid-connected and islanded operation, mode transitions, dispatch strategy simulation and N-1 resilience testing.
Feasibility
Ten-year comparison of design options — grid-only, hybrid grid with PV, wind and battery, and fully renewable islanded with backup — ranked on NPV, renewable share, resilience score and CO₂.
Data export
Short-term forecasting, long-term seasonal outlook and cost–benefit modules exportable as time series and reports.
Design basis

Standards and criteria applied

  • Wiring rules and protection coordination for the distribution network
  • Grid connection of inverter energy systems, including anti-islanding and reconnection requirements
  • PV array installation and DC-side safety, and wind turbine design and power-performance measurement
  • Battery energy storage installation and safety
  • Generating-set requirements for standby and prime-power backup
  • Substation and device communication protocols where SCADA integration is in scope

The applicable set is confirmed at kick-off and depends on jurisdiction, connection point and the reliability target agreed with you.

Run the platform against your site.

Send a location and a load profile — we will come back with a sized system and a ten-year trajectory.

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