Natural gas generators provide industrial-scale,
long-duration outage protection for critical government
infrastructure including military bases
HOUSTON, June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Enchanted Rock, the
recognized leader in resiliency solutions, today announced that its
onsite backup power solution has achieved "Awardable" status on the
Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Office's (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.
Enchanted Rock's patented, proven natural gas generators offer
clean, cost-effective backup power at scale, with quiet operation,
ultra-low local emissions and low visual impact, making for rapid
permitting and deployment.
"Military and defense installations demand constant energy to
maintain mission readiness, yet they rely on an aging, vulnerable
utility grid that faces the ongoing risk of power outages caused by
a range of mechanical, operational, environmental and human-related
hazards," said Allan Schurr, chief
commercial officer for Enchanted Rock.
The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace offers a centralized
location where the DoD and any federal organization can evaluate
state-of-the-art offerings. Originally developed for Artificial
Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), and digital or data
solutions, more recently Tradewind's mission has expanded to
include energy and other services that are critical to the military
today and in the future. The assessment functions of the
Marketplace make the procurement process more streamlined and
efficient, as solutions available in the Marketplace are vetted to
ensure they satisfy requirements for government contracting.
All Enchanted Rock microgrid solutions within the Marketplace
are turnkey, covering engineering, installation, maintenance, and
24/7 monitoring. Enchanted Rock's tiered models offered in the
Marketplace include:
- Utility Partner Model: Utility owns and operates the asset,
assuming performance and market risks.
- Integrated Resiliency on Call (iROC): Enchanted Rock owns and
operates the microgrid, assuming performance and market revenue
risk.
- Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity: A flexible model combining resiliency
with cost savings.
- System Sale: Customer owns the assets and receives grid
services revenues while Enchanted Rock manages these market
services.
"Protection against power outage risks requires a
well-maintained, local generating source that starts quickly to
provide utility-grade power for base operations for the duration of
the outage," said Schurr. "Enchanted Rock's electrical resiliency
solutions provide industrial-scale, long-duration power resiliency,
whether it's for a few minutes, several days or weeks."
Enchanted Rock's technology is field proven at Technology
Readiness Level 9, and their more than 330 operational microgrids
protect private industry, critical infrastructure and government
facilities across the country. At the Engineer Research and
Development Center in Vicksburg,
MS, Enchanted Rock's 3.2 MW resiliency microgrid, developed
in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Entergy
Mississippi, replaced an existing backup power system that was at
least 10 years old and no longer provided enough capacity to
protect the government supercomputer research center from power
outages. Additionally, in 2022 Enchanted Rock partnered with a
privatized utility operator and the DoD to provide more than 3 MW
of ultra-reliable natural gas generation for long-duration
electrical resiliency to the Marine Corps base at Quantico, VA.
Government customers interested in learning more about Enchanted
Rock's solution can create a Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
account at
https://www.tradewindai.com/solutions-marketplace or visit
enchantedrock.com/government.
About Enchanted Rock
Founded in 2006, Enchanted
Rock is a national leader in electrical resiliency-as-a-service,
powering data centers, manufacturers, EV fleets,
critical infrastructure, communities and businesses of all sizes to
ensure business continuity during unexpected power outages from
extreme weather, infrastructure failures, cyberattacks
and other grid disruptions.
For high-growth sectors like data centers and other large loads,
Enchanted Rock's Bridge-to-Grid offers a multi-purpose
microgrid solution that provides expedited interconnection and
flexible capacity to support the grid. Enchanted Rock's direct
purchase option for standalone generator
components provides businesses of any size with a
lower-emission alternative to traditional diesel backup in a
multitude of configurations.
Enchanted Rock's electrical microgrids and generators use
natural gas and renewable natural gas (RNG) to produce
significantly lower carbon emissions and air pollutants than diesel
generators, capable of achieving resiliency with net-zero
emissions. Additionally, the company's end-to-end microgrid
software platform, GraniteEcosystemâ„¢, provides real-time 24/7/365
system monitoring and optimization, including forecasting of
electricity market conditions to ensure worry-free reliable power
to customers.
For more information, please
visit www.enchantedrock.com or join us on LinkedIn.
About the Tradewinds Solutions
Marketplace:
The Tradewinds Solutions
Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily
awardable pitch videos that address the Department of Defense's
(DoD) most significant challenges in the Artificial
Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data, and analytics space.
All awardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring
rubrics and competitive procedures and are available to Government
customers with a Marketplace account. Government customers can
create an account at tradewindai.com.
Tradewinds is housed in the DoD's Chief Digital
Artificial Intelligence Office.
Media Contact
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Interdependence Public Relations
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