UK Minting It in Microgrids

By David Appleyard, Microgrid Knowledge

The Royal Mint at Llantrisant in Wales has signed a tender agreement with renewable energy company Infinite to install an integrated energy and microgrid development — what Infinite calls a local energy center.

Formed in 2010 to develop merchant wind power and now expanding into microgrids, Infinite plans to integrate local energy generation, energy storage and smart metering across the microgrid using an intelligent power management system.

A long-term power purchase agreement with the Royal Mint marks the core of the project.?Plans call for eventually expanding the microgrid beyond the manufacturing site to supply neighboring businesses and industries.?

“Your anchor tenant is a high intensity energy user like the Royal Mint. You build the energy center around that anchor tenant but then look to hive...Continue reading on Microgrid Knowledge.