Welcome to the Hybrid world

WELCOME TO THE HYBRID WORLD

The energy landscape is changing rapidly.

Hybrid solutions that combine renewable energy sources with battery storage are increasingly the norm.

This means that we need to think differently about how we manage power generation and consumption, particularly in remote sites or in applications such as telecoms BTS, mining sites, remote agricultural locations, construction and infrastructure sites, military and marine applications, and many other operations.

With pressure on operators of industrial equipment to reduce their carbon footprint in line with government mandates, there is an increasing use of hybrid systems that combine both battery and engine power.

Traditionally, hybrids tend to minimise engine run times and run for significant periods on battery power alone. The engine runs for brief periods to charge the battery ready for the next duty cycle.

These systems tend to offer significant operational cost savings by optimising fuel consumption and increasing the autonomy of the equipment. But the additional cost of large capacity batteries can also mean that higher capital expenditure on equipment is needed to access the operational savings.

In addition, some equipment is simply not suited to this type of operation, especially where actual duty cycles can be short and infrequent. In these circumstances, converting to a full electric solution may be attractive. However, many types of equipment operate in areas where access to suitable mains charging infrastructure is neither available, nor viable. For equipment that operates within such constraints an alternative type of hybrid option is rapidly gaining popularity: ‘Hybrid Assist’.

The Hybrid ONE from Mecc Alte combines proven technologies that make integrated Hybrid Assist solutions easier to achieve. All from a single source.