Renewable Energy Generation

The modern electrical grid is undergoing an unprecedented transformation due to exciting new innovations in renewable energy generation. AMAROK has pushed these innovations to new heights by using solar energy to completely power their electric security fences. With the help of WAGO products, whether wiring in house or in the field, they can provide a maintenance-free solution for their customers

Providing Independent, Renewable Energy

Anyone hearing the term “microgrid” has their own interpretation of what this word means. To the average person, the definition may be as simple as knowing that it is smaller than a traditional sized energy grid. They may understand that a microgrid is needed because a facility is located too far away from a main power grid to efficiently obtain the continuous energy needed to power their systems.

The Viennese energy supplier, VERBUND Solutions GmbH, combines decentralized electrical producers and consumers for marketing to the balancing energy market in their virtual power plant, the VERBUND Power Pool. One of these decentralized producers is OMV, an integrated oil and gas company. The exchange of process data is carried out using telecontrol technology from WAGO.

The recent catastrophic electric power outages in Texas have caused a renewed focus on the importance of resiliency and reliability of electric power delivery systems for residential, commercial, municipal and industrial facilities. In Texas, a major winter storm bringing unprecedented amounts of snow and ice, caused severe electric grid issues including fuel supply, electric generation (both renewable and traditional fossil fuels) and electric distribution failures, which caused billions of dollars of damage and loss of human life.

Sector coupling, digitization and customer orientation – these are the focuses of the energy service provider Avacon Natur. This focus increases the efficiency of the energy systemsand district heating systems and provides demand-driven information. Above all, sector coupling – integrated control for heat, electrical and electromobility – requires digital data collection.

The chemical industry consumes a lot of energy. WAGO demonstrates how companies can easily achieve savings by using intelligent data acquisition and modular automation technology.

An interview with the two network experts Hans-Werner Leenen and Martin Breitenbach

Maintaining the voltage: That is the highest priority for the lightning protection expert DEHN, even with significant load flow fluctuations and lightning strikes. That’s why WAGO relies on DEHN components for equipping location network stations with control technology. The benefit for customers: perfectly tailored solutions, as well as increased efficiency and reliability – both technical and financial.

Batteries, power-to-gas, and power-to-heat systems provide a critical function in the energy transition: they balance out fluctuations in the electrical grid and thus enable the continued expansion into renewable energy and eMobility. The technology is currently being tested on a broad front.

The Andechser Molkerei Scheitz, a dairy processor, requires detailed, informative data for their energy management. So they rely on measurement technology innovation from WAGO: The new current and voltage tap for 2-conductor 95 mm² (4/0 AWG) through terminal blocks. Due to its compact design, it is also perfect for densely populated control cabinets.

No network monitoring without transparency, no planning without monitoring, no network optimization without planning – to automatically compensate for bottlenecks in the low voltage network, distribution network operators need to keep an eye on the networks. The WAGO solution makes network visualization and control on the basis of online measurements easier.

A growing trend towards Clean Energy implementation - despite the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity & ambiguity) realities of our tumultuous age continues to march along a strong upward path. Renewables, which were once viewed skeptically in terms of cost, efficiency and overall market acceptance have now established a firm foothold due in part to “rapid technology improvements and decreasing cost of renewable energy resources1” as well as because of ongoing concerns regarding climate change stability and sustainable resources.

The increasingly compact design in electronics development today means that power and signal connections are now combined on the same printed circuit boards. The resulting increase in power density changes how we think about the requirements for PCB connection technology.

If distribution networks are loaded to their limits, then network operators cannot issue connection permissions for new renewable energy systems to feed into the network. A pilot project in Bavaria is showing how a photovoltaic system can be economically operated purely for self-consumption.

The Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research is testing how storage devices can help to equip local networks for the increased supply of solar electricity. Controllers from WAGO ensure secure communication between individual systems and the control center.

The “SchwarmSpeicher Allgäu” swarm battery system stabilizes the low voltage network in and around the Bavarian town of Kempten. For monitoring and controlling the distributed storage systems, egrid, the specialist for intelligent distribution grids, relies on WAGO controllers, due to f lexibility, reliability and service quality.

With a scalable hybrid energy storage system of lead acid and lithium ion batteries, the battery expert HOPPECKE from Brilon is allowing new flexibility in power supply.

In 1913, George William Russell penned the poem titled “The Hour of Twilight.” It starts with a stunning description of twilight: When the unquiet hours depart And far away their tumults cease, Within the twilight of the heart We bathe in peace, are stilled with peace.

The new WAGO Energy Data Management system easily records and manages energy data without any programming and can be upgraded at any time.

Energy storage devices are a fundamental element for the energy transition. However, current political framework conditions are limiting their potential development. An interview with Urban Windelen, CEO of the Federal Association of Energy Storage.