Flinders Island Hybrid Energy Hub

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The project aims to use a combination of solar, wind, diesel, storage and enabling technologies to displace more than 60% of Flinders Island’s diesel generated energy. Hydro Tasmania will develop a modular hybrid energy solution with the potential to further drive down costs and move a step closer to delivering a commercially competitive product.Key resultsThe Flinders Island Hybrid Energy Hub project successfully increased targeted levels of annual renewable contribution up to 60%The Hub is able to run for periods of continuous zero-diesel operation (up to nearly 100 hours continuously and for approximately 50% of the year)The project installed a 200 kW DC solar farm, 900 kW wind turbine, 1.5 MW dynamic resistor, 850 kVA diesel-UPS, 750 kW/266 kWh battery, distribution line augmentation and feeder management system, all integrated into the existing diesel power stationThis was the first demonstrated application of Hydro Tasmania’s enablers-based, zero-diesel-capable systems to fully integrate solar generation as well as wind generation The project developed and matured workable designs for Hydro Tasmania’s containerised enablers and associated controls including switchgear, diesel-UPS, dynamic resistor and a control system.

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