{"id":19612,"date":"2017-12-14T13:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/?p=19612"},"modified":"2018-05-22T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T11:16:42","slug":"st-eustatius-100-solar-power-in-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/en\/st-eustatius-100-solar-power-in-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Eustatius: 100% Solar Power in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"St. Eustatius: 100 Percent Caribbean Solar Power\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_xBM7Rdz5ajA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xBM7Rdz5ajA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBM7Rdz5ajA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-12-14T12:30:00Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_xBM7Rdz5ajA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xBM7Rdz5ajA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">St. Eustatius: 100 Percent Caribbean Solar Power<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xBM7Rdz5ajA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xBM7Rdz5ajA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"St. Eustatius: 100 Percent Caribbean Solar Power\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Caribbean Island St. Eustatius becomes independent from fossil fuel. SMA Sunbelt Energy has installed a solar hybrid system that allows the diesel generators to be shut down during the day time. ----- SMA Solar Technology AG - www.sma-solar.com SMA Corporate Blog - en.SMA-Sunny.com SMA on Facebook - www.facebook.com\/SMAInternational SMA on Twitter - www.twitter.com\/SMAsolar Contact - SocialMedia@SMA.de SMA Solar Technology AG is a global leader in the development, production and sales of PV inverters and, as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for future power supply structures.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>The diesel generators have fallen silent. No longer is the idyllic island of St. Eustatius tarnished by their drone and black diesel soot. And gone, too, is the need to buy expensive diesel fuel. In November 2017, this Caribbean island \u2013 a \u201cspecial municipality\u201d of the Netherlands \u2013 became that little bit more special thanks to the launch of a diesel-free daytime electricity supply. <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most exciting and certainly the most emotional moment of the project was when we shut down the diesel generators,\u201d said SMA project engineer Hamed Sadri, visibly moved by this memory. After all, this is exactly the moment that he and his international team had spent the preceding two-and-a-half years tirelessly working toward. \u201cThe best thing was the sudden silence that descended as the generators were turned off. The light didn&#8217;t even flicker as the job of supplying electricity was transferred to the hybrid system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, most of St. Eustatius\u2019 4,000 inhabitants will not have even noticed this emotional moment \u2013 and that is a good thing, because for them life will not really change. For the local electric utility company Statia Utility Company (Stuco), however, this moment represented a milestone: A clean energy supply that will save 1.7\u00a0million liters of diesel fuel each year. And, it will also save 4,500\u00a0metric tons of CO<sub>2 <\/sub>every year. 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Diesel-free in two expansion stages <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/en\/flagship-project-in-the-caribbean-pv-hybrid-system-on-the-island-of-st-eustatius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first expansion stage<\/a> went into operation back in spring 2016 after just nine months: 1.89\u00a0MWp of solar power combined with 74 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma.de\/en\/products\/solarinverters\/sunny-tripower-15000tl-20000tl-25000tl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMA Sunny Tripower 25000TL-30<\/a> inverters, the SMA Fuel Save Controller and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma.de\/en\/products\/battery-inverters\/sunny-central-storage-500-630-720-760-800-850-900-1000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunny Central Storage 1000<\/a> helped to reduce the consumption of the diesel generators by as much as 800,000\u00a0liters of fuel annually.<\/p>\n<p>In the second expansion stage, the project partners doubled the solar output to 4.15\u00a0MW and increased the battery capacity to 5,900\u00a0kWh. The key component is the newly developed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma.de\/en\/products\/battery-inverters\/sunny-central-storage-2200-2475-2500-ev-2750-ev.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunny Central Storage 2200<\/a> battery inverter with grid-forming characteristics. This allows the diesel generators to be shut down fully automatically without compromising the stability of the frequency in the utility grid. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma.de\/en\/products\/monitoring-control\/sma-fuel-save-controller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMA Fuel Save Controller<\/a> is responsible for real-time energy and power management and synchronizes diesel and battery operation intelligently and fully automatically. Within milliseconds, the system compensates for the PV array\u2019s power fluctuations caused by, for example, the exceptionally fast-moving clouds in this region in particular.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the diesel generators can be switched off completely during the day. This is unnoticed by electricity consumers but has huge benefits for the electric utility company and the region \u2013 and a pioneer for more diesel-free zones worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>And talking of fast-moving clouds, the system thankfully withstood hurricanes Irma and Maria, which swept across the region in September 2017, leaving total devastation in their wake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>System profile: St. Eustatius solar hybrid system<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vision of reducing St. Eustatius\u2019 dependence on fossil fuels was realized by the local electric utility company Statia Utility Company, the highly committed team of engineers from SMA, SMA Sunbelt Energy and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Customized hybrid system for a fossil-fuel-free electricity supply<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PV system: 4.15\u00a0MWp<\/li>\n<li>Storage capacity: 5.9\u00a0MWh<\/li>\n<li>PV inverters: 74 x Sunny Tripower 25000, 2 x Sunny Central 1000<\/li>\n<li>Batteries: Samsung lithium-ion NCM<\/li>\n<li>Battery inverters: 1 x Sunny Central Storage 1000, 2 x Sunny Central Storage 2200<\/li>\n<li>Solar energy fraction: 46%<\/li>\n<li>Open- and closed-loop control: SMA Fuel Save Controller<\/li>\n<li>Fuel savings: 5,500\u00a0liters daily, 1.8\u00a0million liters per year<\/li>\n<li>CO<sub>2<\/sub> savings: 4,560\u00a0metric tons per year<\/li>\n<li>Project developer: SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH<\/li>\n<li>Electric utility company: Statia Utility Company (STUCO)<\/li>\n<li>Financial support: Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>One integrated hybrid system with:<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Frequency (deviation\u00a00.005\u00a0Hz)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Voltage (deviation 0.4%)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Spinning reserve provision<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Energy management<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Power management<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Automatic synchronization of \u201cdiesel on\u201d and \u201cdiesel off\u201d mode<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Robust design concept with built-in redundancy (communication loss, default behavior)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0Short circuit clearance within milliseconds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Hot standby\u00ad<sup>_<\/sup>uninterrupted power supply in case of diesel genset failure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Over 100% solar power penetration during daytime<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19633\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/files\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19633\" class=\"wp-image-19633 size-large lazyload\" title=\"The heart of the project: the Sunny Central Storage 2200 battery inverter with grid-forming characteristics\" data-src=\"http:\/\/en.sma-sunny.com\/files\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-1024x250.jpg\" alt=\"The heart of the project: the Sunny Central Storage 2200 battery inverter with grid-forming characteristics\" width=\"620\" height=\"151\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-1024x250.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-262x64.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-768x187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-705x172.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview-450x110.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SMA-st-eustatius-sunny-central-storage-overview.jpg 1160w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 620px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 620\/151;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The heart of the project: the Sunny Central Storage 2200 battery inverter with grid-forming characteristics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>About SMA Sunbelt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sma.de\/en\/sunbelt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH<\/a> is a 100% affiliated company of SMA Solar Technology AG headquartered in Germany. The company was founded in 2014 and focuses on off-grid, solar hybrid and battery-based projects. 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