What is a smart microgrid system?
A smart microgrid system is a localized power network that can coordinate renewable generation, energy storage, utility grid connections, and dispatchable generators. Intelligent controls decide when to produce, store, import, or dispatch power. Innovus Power’s GridGenius platform adds advanced energy management, power quality control, monitoring, and optimization so customers can improve reliability, lower costs, and integrate more renewable energy.
How does a smart microgrid control system integrate renewable energy?
A smart control system manages variable renewable sources such as solar, wind, and hydro alongside batteries, utility power, and backup generation. It balances supply and demand in real time, prioritizes renewable energy when available, stores excess power, and dispatches other assets only when needed. GridGenius is designed to support up to 90–100% renewable penetration without curtailment.
Can Innovus Power design a microgrid without vendor bias?
Yes. Innovus Power emphasizes unbiased, vendor-agnostic microgrid design. Instead of designing around one preferred manufacturer or component type, the team evaluates the full application scenario using proprietary modeling and simulation tools. This helps identify the combination of controls, storage, renewables, grid connection, and generation assets that best supports cost, reliability, sustainability, and future expansion goals.
What types of sites can use the GridGenius platform?
GridGenius can support a wide range of microgrid applications, including remote communities, military sites, oil and gas operations, mining facilities, resorts and hotels, commercial and industrial facilities, power utilities, medical and extended care facilities, agriculture and greenhouses, and auxiliary sea or rail power. The platform is adaptable for both remote and grid-connected energy systems.
How much can a microgrid reduce energy costs?
Innovus Power solutions can deliver up to 80% reductions in power costs and fuel consumption, depending on the site’s current energy mix, fuel logistics, renewable resources, load profile, and operating requirements. The design process focuses on the lowest levelized cost of energy while improving reliability, reducing emissions, and providing flatter, more predictable future power costs.
Does Innovus Power provide monitoring after installation?
Yes. Innovus Power offers worldwide 24/7 remote monitoring and management support for GridGenius systems. PowerView supports individual system monitoring, performance optimization, and software upgrades, while FleetGenius can monitor and manage multiple systems. This ongoing visibility helps confirm performance, identify issues early, and keep microgrid assets operating as intended over their planned service life.
What support is available after commissioning?
After commissioning, Innovus Power can provide operations and maintenance support, maintenance service plans, technical support, software upgrades, and remote monitoring. These services cover GridGenius platform solutions such as variable speed generators, energy storage systems, Rapid Deployment Flex Microgrids, solar battery power systems, natural gas gensets, and complete microgrid installations.
Is training available for microgrid operators?
Yes. User training is available for GridGenius systems and microgrid operations. Training can cover system operation, maintenance procedures, control platform use, power management, and component-level operating practices. Because the GridGenius platform is designed to simplify power systems, training needs, maintenance demands, and operating complexity can be reduced compared with traditional engine-controlled systems.