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IG recently signed a long-term contract with Chicagoland’s premier retailer ABT Electronics to maximize bill reductions and wholesale market revenues from energy management services.

The distributed resources include existing backup Title V EPA compliant generators, a 508 kW Solar rooftop array supplied by Convergence Energy and a 500 kW TESLA PowerPack battery installed by Continental Electric. The resources are connected in a unique double-microgrid configuration that enables independent power continuity to the retail floor and ABT’s server backroom operation.

This contract was the opportunity for IG to showcase its new Capacity Prediction Engine. During the whole summer, IG’s system successfully predicted 100% of the grid peak hours and used automated alert-based dispatch to reduce metered load during those hours. ABT is expected to save about $150,000 per year as a result of this elimination of capacity peaks.

IG was contracted by the project developer Convergence Energy for the management of a 250 kW battery and 500 kW solar system at the campus of North Central College in Naperville, IL.

Along with its management of the battery capacity in the grid’s wholesale market, IG brought backup to the building and a fast payback to the project.

Additional electricity saving opportunities were uncovered by the project team and are now leading a review for optimization of NCC’s electrical load.

Intelligent Generation contracted with S&C Electric Company for the remote management of a 150 kW energy storage unit that is being installed at S&C’s product demonstration center in Chicago. S&C’s numerous visitors will witness how S&C’s products can participate in PJM’s lucrative fast response frequency regulation market, by way of membership in IG’s virtual power plant network and its optimization software.  IG is a market member of PJM (North America’s largest grid operator).

An intelligent revolution in energy service is taking place on the west side of Chicago. The Continental building exemplifies cutting edge conservation practices: Intelligent Solar software directs a battery and PV system to maximize energy savings and provide back-up power.