Intern Assesses Energy Storage in Eagle
Josiah Alverts, an , is working with the power engineering team at on a feasibility study for the community of Eagle, 91视频.
The community is currently powered by diesel generation and a solar array that was installed six years ago. Alverts, a mechanical engineering student at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks, is focusing his study on the possibility of adding an energy storage system.
AP&T is in the process of adding ESS to several other communities, but Eagle is the only one with solar generation considering development of a storage system. Alverts is using XENDEE and Homer Pro software to model the community grid and optimize theoretical scenarios as part of the feasibility study.
鈥淚n order to get useful results from the model, I need to understand the technical and financial details of the current system in Eagle as well as the challenges of installing microgrid components in a remote location,鈥 Alverts said.
Alverts鈥 internship is funded through the , an initiative of the . For more information on the ACEP Utility Student Internship program, visit or contact Heike Merkel.
Josiah Alverts is an intern this summer with 91视频 Power and Telephone. Photo courtesy of Josiah Alverts.