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Microgrid Energy System
Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems

Local power sources are becoming

a must, not a luxury

An upward trend of extended outages due to aged
equipment, loss of experienced utility workers and an According to Eaton’s Blackout
alarming increase in severe weather-related events is Tracker Annual Report, electric
interrupting electric service and impacting significant outages cost our economy
portions of the population. Microgrids—stand-alone, $150 billion annually and impact
power generating, distribution and storage systems that approximately 14.2 million people.
can isolate itself from the primary utility grid, provide load
control and optimize energy usage—can provide a reliable
and efficient solution to unexpected power loss. Eaton’s microgrid/energy Eaton’s solution
storage experience
Our experience supplying
Over the last decade, Eaton control systems for microgrid
has successfully applied its and energy storage applications
power systems expertise to molded the design basis for the
View Eaton’s microgrid capabilities video. the design and implementation Eaton Microgrid Energy System
of microgrids and complex (MES) with the Power Xpert
energy storage systems for Energy OptimizerE controller:
military facilities, campuses a microgrid/energy storage
and utilities. We understand control system that, by design,
microgrids’ and energy storage’s simplifies control system
inherent electrical behavior and configuration, testing, project
challenges. Our power system cycle time and future adapt-
experts have developed and ability to changing microgrid
harnessed unique optimization assets. At Eaton, we believe
strategies that maximize system that advanced control systems
performance, functionality should be configured rather
and reliability. than custom programmed—
the Power Xpert Energy
Optimizer controller accom-
plishes these goals for both
microgrid and stand-alone
energy storage applications.