Statcon Energiaa’s ‘Microgrid Energy Corridor’ awarded ‘Excellence in Renewable Energy Storage Solution’ at REI Awards
- Statcon Energiaa emerged as the winner at the prestigious ‘Renewable Energy India Awards’ held at the REI Expo 2022 at Greater Noida on Friday, the 29th of September.
- Statcon Energiaa won in the category ‘Excellence in RE Storage Solutions’ at the awards for their innovation – ‘Microgrid Energy Corridor System’.
- The Company is a 30+ years old Indian Power Electronics manufacturer designing and building products for Solar, Power, Defence and Indian Railways sectors alongside providing EPC solutions for critical renewable applications.
Statcon Energiaa won the prestigious award for renewable energy excellence at the REI Expo 2022 held at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday, the 29th of September. The award category was ‘Excellence in RE Storage Solutions’. This innovative product, titled ‘Microgrid Energy Corridor System’, provides uninterrupted supply to a microgrid using various renewable energy resources. It is also used to connect various microgrids through AC Coupling.
Key features of the solution are as follows:
- Combines multiple renewables: Can combine multiple renewable sources like Solar, Biomass, Wind and Micro Hydro to provide seamless, uninterrupted power to the microgrid.
- A Plug-N-Play Outdoor Solution which requires zero infrastructure for operation. It requires no AJB, ACDB or protections as all these are in-built.
- Provides battery storage to store energy using all types of external storage technologies like Lead Acid, Gel, Lithium as well as Flow batteries.
- In-built interface for Diesel Generators to charge the batteries and cater to loads.
- Loads of smartness through IoT-based Multilevel Remote Monitoring and Control, and hence, giving operator level ease of operation.
- Supports both AC Coupling and DC Coupling to increase system scalability,
- AC-AC Power Transfer for connecting multiple microgrids.
- Zero Downtime owing to its reliable and redundant design.
- 100% Technology ownership: No company currently offers a single solution for microgrids apart from a few assemblers who do not own the individual components (MPPT chargers, inverters, and so on), leading to zero sense of ownership. This compromises the system’s reliability in the long run. Consequently, microgrid owners replace such products within a year of installation and then switching to some other similar available product.
It is indigenously designed and developed with all its components like transformers, cabinets, power stacks PCBs, and software designed in India. Thus, it boasts of a 100% control on technology. This product allows microgrid operators to not only operate with peace of mind, but also have the confidence to expand them in future. The idea of a Scalable Microgrid Business is at the core of this product’s design philosophy. Statcon Energiaa offers highly competitive pricing for this innovative solution to cater to a growing microgrid demand.
IMPACT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY
Currently, we are catering to more than 500 microgrids through our solution in India and abroad – competing with some of the biggest names across the globe. In rural regions, where this product is running, the residents are benefitting from interrupted power supply, easy system maintenance, increased employment, improved local commerce and much more.
Moving forward, we plan to bolster more microgrids by associating with some of the biggest microgrid operators in India, Africa and Southeast Asia. We are one of the very few unique manufacturers operating in this space who have 100% ownership of the technology being used and hence, microgrid operators can feel confident not only about the reliability aspect but even the improved LCOE for the next 10+ years.
This technology ensures that the heart of a microgrid solution is sophisticated yet simple to use. With this aim, we have designed this product for minimal maintenance and maximum durability. The more user-friendly it is, the more it will help our clients to recommend it for microgrid programmes and the end-user will also be able to reap maximum benefit.
The company’s Director, Mr Pranjal Pande, shared, “In alignment with our Honourable PM’s message at COP26 this year, we are striving to ensure a sustainable and clean future for all. We developed this integrated solution for wider and easier adoption of microgrids across the world, and especially in India. Our solution has helped several microgrid companies expand their operations and end-users, mostly rural residents, to easily operate and utilise renewable energy 24×7. Also grateful to Renewable Energy India Expo and Informa Markets for giving us this opportunity to showcase our innovation and give it a prestigious platform. Our company has been a leading power electronics manufacturer for 30+ years and will continue to build innovative products and solutions that fulfil the energy needs of our nation. Statcon Energiaa recognises this gap and has fulfilled the gaps that existed for improving our microgrid infrastructures. We have proved our technology to the biggest names in the microgrid industry and they not only use but also recommend this product to others in order to fulfil their vision of a self-sufficient India”.
ABOUT THE REI AWARDS
With the Make-In-India drive and various global clean energy initiatives the demand for Renewable Energy is only rising and the Indian government’s initiatives are only complimenting the growth of organisations in this sector. To further support and encourage those industry players who strive hard to bring a sea change in India’s renewable energy market with ground-breaking innovations & initiatives, Informa Markets in India is proud to present the 6th edition of the REI awards. The REI Awards have been successful in establishing itself as the
leading awards for recognising the excellence and innovation in the industry. The REI awards are conducted methodically to draw out the best in the industry, with a process driven robust approach with EY as the process advisors and a neutral jury which comprises of industry think tanks who have championed their respective domain expertise from various facets of the RE sector. The first round is the nomination. In the second round, the shortlisting is done on the basis of commercial viability and the technological expertise of the solution. The third and the final round is an interview with esteemed and diverse jury including technological stalwarts as well as energy business experts.