Schneider Electric’s Solar & Storage offer

for utility power plants and large buildings

June 2016

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We are a complete solution provider
for Energy Storage system

Schneider Electric solutions include everything you

need to efficiently control the energy flows between
the energy storage component and the point of
interconnection
Our offer includes everything from the DC
protections and power conversion, to the grid-tie
substation; monitoring & control systems and
long-term service contracts

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Our bi-directional inverters for utility scale battery storage
are ready for a vast majority of storage technologies
XC ES
• Certified to EN50178, EN61000-6-2
and EN61000-6-4
• Indoor rated, wide range of full
power operation from -10°C to 45°C
• Best in class efficiency:
• Inverting mode: 99.1% peak, 98.5% Euro
• Rectifying mode: > 97.5
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Common Features
• Based on PV inverter  Scale effect, easier servicing
• Field proven with more than 2 GW installed in
PV power plants in the harshest environments
• Full 4-quadrant operation to provide active and
reactive power support
• Full suite of automatic and interactive grid support
features: VRT, P(f) * drooping, Q(V) ** drooping,
P and Q control via both PF (power factor) and
P/Q references, power ramping
• Fast Response Transient time for mode reversal
(active power sinking/sourcing) < 5 msec to support
all applications
* P(f) for Frequency Regulation
**Q(V) for Grid Voltage Regulation
Different methods & options enable installation in all geographies
and environmental conditions…
Battery container

ES box ST+
• 540kVA to 2.04MVA Battery Combiner
• For Conext Core XC ES inverters
• IEC 62271-202 compliant

ENCLOSURE

Inverter

Inverter

Inverter
• Containerized, optimized to reduce the cost of long haul
shipment by sea or rail
• 3 compartments: low voltage, transformer and MV switchgear
• 2 doors in the LV compartment to comply with most stringent
Occupational Health & safety rules LV/MV LV/MV
ES
Control Padmount Transformer
Transformer (Optional)
• Optional integrated filtering units for desert, coastal,
or tropical environments
Filter Box MV Auxiliary
(Optional) Switchgear Power

Grid

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Schneider Electric offers a comprehensive monitoring
and control solution for your energy storage projects

• Energy Management System (EMS):

Making the energy storing or releasing decision, the EMS uses smart
energy optimization algorithms based on battery status, production
forecasting, load forecasting and/or tariff information.

• Power Plant Controller (PPC):

Implementing the necessary power conversion system controls based on
the EMS signals and/or grid operator commands, the PPC also ensures
compliance of power deliver to grid code requirements.

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Battery Compatibility

XC inverter is fully compatible with the vast majority of battery technologies:

> Li-Ion technologies (all)
> Redox Flow Batteries
> Sodium Sulphur (NaS)
> Advanced Lead-Acid

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Success stories
 Storage in the “Smart grid” – Venteea, France

Overview
• Commissioned in June 2015
• Implemented an energy storage system on a rural 20 kV
network in the vicinity of two decentralized wind farms (6 and 12
MW) to help stabilize the high voltage swings of the MV
substation

Business Need
• MV substation at the end of the transmission line was seeing
high voltage swings
Storage in the “Smart grid” – Venteea, France

Solution
• Two ES Box RT units (1 MVA each) were installed, along
with 2 MW /1.3 MWh Li-ion batteries from SAFT
• Specific monitoring and control system

Benefits
• Storage will be used as an ancillary service (frequency
regulation, renewable smoothing, peak shifting, electricity
rate optimization, etc.) production unit for several market
players: generator, Distribution System Operator, and
Transmission System Operator
Frequency regulation – Venteea, France
Example : 2MW @ +/- 5 mHz

ESS response to ESS response to

increased frequency decreased frequency
Maintain grid voltage limits – Venteea, France
Q(U) control, -1 Mvar @ 21 kV
Maintain grid voltage limits – Venteea, France
Q(U) control, -1 Mvar @ 21 kV
Power smoothing– Venteea, France
Storage + 12 MW WindFarm
Experimenting with dispatchable PV power – Corsica, France

Overview
• Commissioned in January 2016
• Install energy storage system to two PV power plants (1MWp each)
to firm and shift the production of energy and make it dispatchable

Business Need
• Integrate energy produced into the Island Electricity grid to power
more than 400 homes annually
• Store energy produced during the day in batteries and re-distribute
at night
Experimenting with dispatchable PV power – Corsica, France

Solution
• PV Box RT and ES Box RT installed in each plant, along with 1
“Energy storage systems are
Li-ion battery container required for continued growth of
renewable energies. We were
• Installation also includes Conext Control, Conext Advisor with
convinced by the solution proposed
Horizon Production Forecast, Power Plant Controller, and Energy by Schneider Electric and Saft, two
Management System French leaders in their markets.
Their expertise in solar energy and
energy storage, their competitive
Benefits offer, along with their local presence
have been key in our choice.”
• Two photovoltaic power generation units with energy storage
systems based on lithium-ion batteries, connected to the grid - Hervé Guérin, Founder and CEO
of Langa Group
• The plants will generate enough energy to meet the electricity
needs of more than 400 Corsican homes annually
Experimenting with dispatchable PV power – Corsica, France

Goals
• PV plant revenue maximization
• Day ahead commitment on power profile
• Test storage technologies, specifically to firm and shift the
production of 2 PV Power Plants

Injected
Power

1 2 3
0:00 Ramp Up Ramp 23:59 t
End Down
Start
Experimenting with dispatchable PV power – Corsica, France

Day-ahead plan Plan execution

Frequency regulation in the PJM wholesale electricity market
– Chicago, USA
Overview
• Schneider Electric GT250 PV inverters on the roof of Shedd
Aquarium’s world-class marine mammal pavilion

Goal
• Skid with XC-NA ES inverters, 1MW / 500kWh
• Li-On batteries provided by Eagle Picher

*Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, an RTO in the

USA, world’s largest competitive wholesale electricity market.
Smoothing a weak grid with high renewable penetration –
Puerto Rico, USA

Overview
• Commissioning in 2016
• Located in an area that has a weak grid with high renewable
energy penetration

Goals
• To meet PREPA Minimum Technical Requirements (MTR)
• Allow a higher penetration of intermittent renewable energy
sources without compromising the grid stability
Smoothing a weak grid with high renewable penetration –
Puerto Rico, USA
Main Applications
• Power ramping to smooth active power injection during
rapid PV power fluctuations

• Sub-second Frequency Regulation

• Voltage Regulation

Installation - STEP 1
• 23MWac PV power plant, 10MWac Storage

• 10 MW/2.1MWh Li-ion battery storage from Saft

• 17 Schneider Electric PV Boxes ST 1.36 MW and

5 ES Boxes ST 2 MW

• Advanced control and command architecture with

Conext™ Control and Power Plant Controller
Voltage support – Philippines

Overview
• 30 MWp with 36 XC inverters
• 44 Hectares
• Power Plant Controller implementation
• Control at 69kV level
Voltage support – Philippines
Response time for set points coming from the grid operator is less than 5s thanks to PPC
control at connection point.

Reactive power

Voltage variation

Set points