{"id":78,"date":"2018-06-15T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/greentech\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T20:42:09","slug":"bwf-microgrid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/greentech\/bwf-microgrid\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis RMI Winery Microgrid Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Development of Solar-Battery Microgrid The GTL received a grant from the CEC to develop a microgrid at the UC Davis RMI Winery using second-life EV batteries.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Nissan LEAF Batteries Donated by Nissan for this Project
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    Battery Banks
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    Testing a Second-Life EES Battery Bank
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    Microgrid Architecture
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      Announcement: If you’re a current\/future UC Davis student and want to help with this project,\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>!<\/p>\n

      Tasks will include: controls communications development, energy management algorithm development, systems design and integration, failure modes analysis, utility grid operator communications for demand response and ancillary services… and that’s just what we thought of off the top of our heads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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      The Demonstration Site\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      This project is supported by a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) under\u00a0EPC-14-085<\/a>‘Demonstration of community scale low cost highly efficient PV and energy management system’. We are building a microgrid system at the Robert Mondavi Institute’s (RMI) Brewery Winery and Food Science Building (BWF) to demonstrate advanced microgrid energy management systems combined with solar generation and energy storage. The RMI at UC Davis is a research community comprised of two departments and three research centers. There are 300 students and faculty working on developing grape vines resistant to drought and disease, analyzing the complex chemistries in wine that give each their unique sensory qualities and reducing the environmental impact of winemaking through green chemistries, reductions in energy and water usage, and microbial food safety.<\/p>\n

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      \nPhotos taken by the CEC during their visit on March 3, 2019. (Image is a link to their Flickr Album)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

      Images from the Microgrid<\/h3>\n\t\t