Encorp Egility DER Controls Platform Brings Microgrid into Full Commercial Viability

FORT COLLINS, Colo., September 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The microgrid controller is the brains enabling a portfolio of distributed energy resource (DER) assets to work together as a microgrid, a system that can keep operating when the larger grid goes down. The need for consistent uptime has emerged as pressing issues for businesses and critical facilities in light of recent extreme weather trends, earthquakes, wild fires and other threats to our existing and aging grid infrastructure.

Squeezing the most value of each asset while delivering on terms of any power supply contract, a microgrid controller is the key enabling technology that allows microgrids to deliver the resiliency, reliability, sustainability and economic goals of customers.

Often shrouded in mystery in the past, microgrid controllers continue to increase in functionality while delivering on overall value. Case in point: Encorp's Egility. Introduced in May 2018, Encorp's Egility Control Platform reflects the culmination of 30 years of field experience spanning over 400 DER projects across the globe. It is the end result of 18 months of intense research and development (R&D). Among its noteworthy features are the following:

• A truly modular and configurable approach to assembling and managing a microgrid – one that enables you to integrate and control multiple DER without the need for costly customized software.
• Can provide uninterrupted, high-quality premium power for critical loads with or without a connection to a traditional utility grid.
• Optimize the use of renewable, energy storage and fossil generation based on the cost of supply and demand both within the microgrid and externally with the larger grid.
• Can be hardened to withstand both cyber and physical threats, which is vital in high-security environments including utility systems, prisons and military bases.

Without cost effective and state-of-the-art hardware being optimized by advanced software algorithms, DER portfolios will not meet their contract performance goals. Encorp has tackled this challenge and is now applying lessons learned in projects being deployed across the globe.

Navigant Research ranked Encorp among the top 5 microgrid controls provider in the world last year, in part, due to the advances the company has made in the smart evolution of its control platform. The company has always had a reputation as problem solvers for microgrids. The Egility platform now addresses many of the past issues that required a customized solution. The Egility creates a feature-rich DER platform that is both versatile and stream-lined, informed by the past, but now laying the groundwork for the future.

"Encorp has come a long way in this industry, so we are very excited to now offer the Encorp Egility to our growing list of microgrid clients spanning the globe. Taking advantage of our hardware expertise, it is the ideal starting point for any advanced microgrid being deployed today," said Michael Clark, Encorp CEO.

About Encorp
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, a hot spot for electrical engineering innovation, Encorp was launched in 1992. The company, has attracted $65 million in venture capital. Encorp has over 1,000 MW under its control at 400 host sites representing over 300 customers in 10 countries. Its microgrid portfolio features projects range from 1 to 10 MW in size with a total peak capacity of 240 MW. Along with microgrids, its control platforms also enable back-up power solutions for critical facilities such as hospitals, demand response and Combined Heat & Power (CHP) applications. Among its clients are E.ON, Larsen and Toubro, Siemens, US military and intelligence agencies, Verizon Data Centers, Miami International Airport, JP Morgan Chase and Maui Brewing Company.

SOURCE Encorp