Agricultural and Commercial Irrigation
Challenge: Avoid curtailment or high demand charges levied during peak periods.
Many agricultural producers, or customers with high commercial irrigation needs such as golf courses, are required to curtail load during peak demand periods or incur premium fees. Similarly, utility districts that have demand charges built into their peak load contracts with generation providers also incur these higher fees.
Irrigators often must irrigate or put their crops or inventory at risk, and small utilities have little or no control over end-user energy habits. Yet if they don't curtail, irrigators are faced with significant demand charges and utilities must pass higher fees onto end users.
Demand Energy Solution: Distributed Demand Shifters™ charge during off-peak hours and discharge as scheduled or on command during peak demand.
Install from 30 kW to 110kW Demand Shifters (or daisy chain several together to meet special requirements) at distributed agricultural or commercial locations. Charge the devices during off-peak periods. Discharge the stored energy during peak periods, flattening the load and avoiding demand charges without disrupting operations.
Value: Irrigate when necessary, yet avoid premium demand charges.
Agricultural and Commercial Irrigation
The Demand Shifter would be installed at an agricultural or commercial irrigation location, charge during periods of low demand, and discharged back into the grid during peak demand periods.