Over Yonder Cay’s Renewable Energy System Overview:
Energy Production
- Wind Turbines – Three Northern Power Systems 100-21 (100 kW each) | Direct Drive | Full Converter, Variable Speed | Stall Controlled.
- Solar Field – 720 kW DCSTC (Direct Current Standard Test Conditions) | Direct through 750 kW MPPT to Battery Storage System.
- Diesel Gensets – Three 3306 Caterpillars (250 kW each).
Energy Storage
- Battery Storage System – 6 MW Hours | Approximately 2 Days of Autonomy under typical island loads.
- Water Cisterns – 500,000 total gallons of storage.
Energy Management & Distribution
- Parallel Bidirectional Multiport Inverters – Two 300 kVA Parallel Units.
- Distribution – 13.2 kVA Distribution Loop | 480 VAC Transformers.
Controls & Monitoring
- Microgrid Controller – 2U Rackmount, Intelligent Microgrid Controller.
- Island-wide SCADA System – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System with remote monitoring, controls, data archiving and simulation capabilities.
Other
- Island Weather Station (Website Link) – Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus Wireless (Weather Station ID: ITHEBAHA3): Linked to weather-forecasting island micro grid controller.
