Porterville Unified School District (PUSD), which serves communities in California’s Central Valley, is developing a comprehensive solar, battery energy storage, microgrid and EV fleet charging project, in partnership with ForeFront Power, a developer of renewable energy solutions, and The Mobility House (TMH), a charge management provider.
The PUSD Zero-Emission Transportation Infrastructure Project and Microgrid will include a 763 kW solar array mounted on existing parking lot shade structures, along with a 408 kW / 1,632 kWh battery storage system. A microgrid controller will enable the facility to disconnect from Southern California Edison’s electrical grid when appropriate, drawing power directly from the district’s solar energy and battery storage assets.
The system will support 35 DC fast charger ports to serve the district’s planned fleet of electric school buses. The Mobility House’s charge management system, ChargePilot, will enable the fleet to draw power directly from PUSD’s on-site energy systems in tandem with grid electricity.
Two of the chargers will feature bidirectional charging capability, enabling electric buses to discharge power back to the grid to provide vehicle-to-grid services (V2G).
Once complete, the microgrid system is expected to produce around 1.4 MWh of renewable electricity annually, offsetting approximately 80% of the district facilities’ electricity consumption, including electric bus charging. The district plans to transition all its school buses to EVs by 2035.
“Clean energy technologies such as solar microgrids, electric school buses and V2G have enormous potential to provide clean and affordable energy and transportation solutions for school districts and communities across the country,” said Greg Hintler, CEO of The Mobility House North America.
The Mobility House says it currently manages more than 2,700 EV fleet charging facilities, and trades power from more than 1 GWh of energy storage.
Source: The Mobility House
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