ScandiPower is a cooperation with a large international power infrastructure provider to develop mobile grid stabilizers that can be strategically placed in existing or new power grids to provide for an accelerated introduction of renewable power production.

Power network challenges

The restructuring of many national and regional power grids over the last 10-20 years have implied that needed inertia has been reduced.

Over the last few years large scale distributed power production (CHP’s) and in particular nuclear power plants have been decommissioned creating a potential instability in many power networks.

This situation in combination with the rapid expansion of solar and wind power, which normally does not contribute to inertia, has potentially made the network more vulnerable to unplanned changes in production or consumption.

Most available solutions to reduce this problem are very expensive and/or will likely take many years to implement.

Potential solutions

Restart closed powerplants may prove complicated and will most likely take many years to achieve. Building gas turbine facilities may be faster but expensive to run and not particularly environmental friendly.

Increase transmission capacity is another area that is being investigated. Normally lead-time is excessive and new large scale transmission lines may take well over 10 years to put into operation.

Requiring that wind and solar producers provide inertia is also being discussed. The issue is who will pay and who will control. It is likely that many of these production companies would not survive such new/retroactive investment requirement, not even mentioning standardization issues.

Network owners/operators (TSO/DSO),can purchase rotating machines or synthetic inertia to replace the decommissioned units but this would probably also take many years due to permitting and the need to build needed surrounding infrastructure.

Our solution

One of many mitigating solutions could be to introduce Synchronous Condensers at strategic places in the network as they provide inertia, short circuit and reactive power.

Such solution would be cost effective and can co-exist with most other available network solutions, now and in the future
Historically such installations has been costly fixed installation, time consuming to build, implied complicated permitting and requiring large physical areas.

Our solution combines rotating machines, transformers and ancillary equipment on a mobile platform to provide a compact cost-effective solution.

Proven technology applied in a new way, where the “factory built” concept reduces cost and will cut time to operation dramatically.

Proven Technology

Our solution combines state-of-the-art technology with a very compact footprint that can be co-located with existing equipment.

The compact units can often be located at or very near to existing network connection points, which may open for utilizing infrastructure that is already in place.

Limited permitting and short delivery time due to factory built mobile package.

Can be moved to facilitate changes in need and network topology over time.

Fully scalable and can mitigate a growing need for inertia, short circuit power and reactive power, enabling faster expansion of solar and wind power production.

Fast delivery and flexible connection options can also open for earlier commissioning of planned or already decided solar and wind installations.

Cost efficient

Together with out financial partners we will offer our solution under a very competitive lease program where network operators can lease one or several units for a period of time and where the fixed quarterly or yearly rent can be part of the operating cost as opposed of the affecting the overall investment budget.

Contact

info@scandipower.com

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