Commercial Projects
Alternative Energy
Project Name: University of Maine Offshore Wind Turbine Microgrid System
Customer: The Glosten Associates
Location: Gulf of Maine
Entity Performed: TDX Power, Inc.
TDX Power is working with The Glosten Associates as part of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) to design the electrical controls system for an inverter-based microgrid system for an intermediate-scale offshore wind turbine test platform. The test platform will support either a Vestas V27 or ACSA A27 225-kW, 60-Hz wind turbine. The second phase of this project involved delivering, installing, and testing the microgrid system.
Project Name: Hybrid Wind/Diesel Power System
Customer: Tanadgusix Corporation
Location: Saint Paul, Alaska
Entity Performed: Tanadgusix Corporation; TDX Power, Inc.
Tanadgusix Corporation contracted with Northern Power to design and install the wind/diesel system on St. Paul Island. After completion, TDX Power began operating the first Native owned and operated independent, hybrid wind/diesel power plant in Alaska. Formally commissioned in 1999, this project capitalized on the emerging hybrid technology as a way to combat escalating fossil fuel prices. The major generation for the hybrid system is provided by a 225-kW Vestas V27 wind turbine. The system supplies electricity and space heat to an 88,000 SF industrial/airport facility and has reduced fuel consumption at the complex by 45%. Future plans involve expanding the wind power capacity and heating infrastructure. A total of 3 Vestas V27 wind turbines are currently installed, and a project is under way to connect the microgrid to the St. Paul municipal utility grid.
What our clients say:
" I am very excited about the Tin City wind turbine energy project. This important milestone for the 611th Air Support Group will be the first renewable Air Force energy project in Alaska and is very timely, given the cost of fuel. Wind energy at Tin City should decrease our annual fuel consumption by 30 to 35%, about 85,000 gallons."
