Proquinal, a textile company in Alajuela, near San Jose in central Costa Rica, faced high energy costs due to high tariffs during periods of peak demand. The company, part of the Spradling Group, produces coated fabrics for high-performance markets such as hospitals, school buses, stadiums, airports and hotels. Its. .
Consulting engineers modeled a variety of scenarios using HOMER Grid in order to determine the optimal hybrid system configuration of generation. .
The microgrid, which came online in December of 2020, is made up of two 40-foot mtu EnergyPacks from Rolls-Royce, battery containers that. .
The microgrid allows the factory to operate independently from the grid for five hours each day to avoid high tariffs during peak demand periods. Since electricity is 4.5 times more expensive.
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