Industrial technology company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger and Turkish energy company Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret have constructed a demo plant of their stand-alone hybrid power generation system known as EBLOX.
The plant was built in Malatya, Turkey, and according to Mitsubishi, designed to optimise the use of renewable power sources by combining them with a reciprocating engine generator and a battery.
According to Mitsubishi, EBLOX consists of a 120kW solar power system, 150kW/167kWh storage battery, two 34kW gensets, a dummy load device of 300kW, and the control system.
The demonstration plant will provide data to direct further improvement of EBLOX, ultimately to support the construction of microgrids in Turkey and Africa.
Mitsubishi and Calik Enerji began the project with a collaboration agreement in 2019. The goal of the partnership is to provide a solution to the intermittent nature of renewables, ensuring a stable power supply to microgrids, while reducing fuel costs and driving decarbonisation.
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The partners recognise the rising use of stand-alone distributed power during natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms, and floods, or in remote areas without grid access. This, together with the need for decarbonised power is the motivation behind the development of this solution.
