A microgrid has been placed into service in the town of Hot Springs, North Carolina that will be able to power the entire town during an outage.
The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2 MW (AC) solar facility and a 4.4 MW/4.4 MWh lithium-based battery storage facility. While the battery only technically has a 1-hour duration, the town’s typical load is typically less than 1 MW, potentially extending the battery’s available duration to at least four hours.
