中国储能网讯：日前据悉，EnSync能源系统公司进军正在迅速发展的非洲微电网市场，将向东非地区的一个村庄建设一个微电网项目。由于该地区没有公用事业或配套基础设施，这个微电网项目将为当前社区独立提供能源。
这个计划建设的微电网包括一套180千瓦的太阳能光伏（PV）系统，一套112千瓦时的储能系统，以及相关电力电子设备来整合和优化能源来满足需求和能源管理软件。
EnSync公司是一家创新的分布式能源（DER）系统和能源互联网（IOE）控制平台的行业厂商。其所提供的微电网系统的非光伏组件都安装在EnSync Energy DER SuperModule™中，这是一个完全集成的独立分布式能源（DER）系统。该项目出售当地村庄，通过微电网向村民出售电力。
EnSync能源公司的模块化技术和分析能力满足了非洲国家快速增长的能源需求，虽然新兴微电网市场具有一定复杂性，但非洲国家的传统电力基础设施往往匮乏。
预计到2021年，整个了非洲国家大陆将需要3.5万个微电网，关键电力供应商将为目前无法获得电力的当地居民提供可用的电源。
EnSync能源公司执行副总裁Dan Nordloh表示：“分布式能源（DER）的超级模块能够快速调试先进的微电网，可以显著减少项目建设进度和成本。该系统使用简单，同时也减轻了整合多个分布式能源的风险。客户寻求获得电能，而我们将向偏远村庄出售其可负担得起并且可靠的电力。我们很高兴能够采用集成系统来满足这些高要求。”
EnSync 能源公司的项目工程师模拟了该村最初的预期能源负荷，以提供规模适当的微电网的太阳能和储能组件。通过SuperModule的 Matrix™能源管理系统和DER Flex™软件支持等技术，EnSync公司的能源互联网平台可连接所有电源，并根据需求和天气条件等变量优化性能，从而使微型电力设施配置保持灵活性。
EnSync能源公司首席执行官Brad Hansen表示：“我们向非洲和其他电力匮乏地区提供微型公用事业系统的能力证明了我们在公用事业市场的转型领导地位，这个市场正在转向分布式能源资源的生成和分配。”（中国储能网独家编译，转载请注明来源）
原文如下：
New entry for EnSync into African microgrid market
08/02/2018
By Diarmaid Williams
International Digital Editor
EnSync Energy Systems has debuted in the rapidly growing African microgrid market through the sale of a project that will deliver electricity to an East African village.
EnSync is a specialist in innovative distributed energy resource (DER) systems and internet of energy (IOE) control platforms.
With no utility or supporting infrastructure in the area, this microgrid will independently provide energy for a community that currently has no electricity.
The planned microgrid consists of a 180-kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system, a 112-kWh energy storage system, power electronics to integrate and optimize energy sources to meet demand and energy management software.
The non-PV components of the system are all housed in an EnSync Energy DER SuperModule™, a fully integrated and self-contained DER system. The project was sold to a buyer who will sell electricity to village residents via the microgrid, essentially serving as the area micro-utility.
EnSync Energy's modular technologies and analytic capabilities meet the complexities of the burgeoning microgrid market in African countries, where energy demand is growing rapidly, but traditional electricity infrastructure is often lacking.
The continent as a whole is projected to contain 35,000 microgrids by 2021 that will serve as key electricity providers to millions of people who currently lack access.
"The DER SuperModule enables rapid commissioning of an advanced microgrid, significantly reducing project construction schedule and cost," said Dan Nordloh, executive vice president of EnSync Energy. "The system offers simplicity, while also mitigating the risks associated with integrating multiple distributed energy resources. Our customer was looking for a way to serve as the utility, selling affordable and reliable electricity to remote villages on a mobile phone-based payment platform," Nordloh said. "We are proud that our integrated system was chosen to meet these high demands."
EnSync Energy's project engineers modeled the village's initial expected energy load to appropriately size the microgrid's solar and storage components. The resulting micro-utility configuration will remain flexible through the SuperModule's supporting technologies – the Matrix™ Energy Management System and DER Flex™ software – EnSync's Internet of Energy platform that connects all power resources and optimizes performance based on variables such as demand and weather conditions.
"Our ability to deliver micro-utility systems to Africa and other electricity-challenged regions demonstrates our transformational leadership in the utility market, which is shifting towards distributed energy resource-based generation and distribution," said Brad Hansen, chief executive officer of EnSync Energy.
