Case Snapshot: Butler Farms

Integrating new grid resources and technologies to enhance rural communities.

Location: Lillington, North Carolina

Scope: PowerSecure designed and engineered a custom turnkey energy storage and controls solution that integrates solar generation, a diesel generator, renewable biogas, and a controller and energy storage in the form of lithium-ion batteries.

• 20 kW of Solar
• 100-kW Diesel Generator
• 185-kW Biogas Generator
• 250 kW/735-kWh Battery System
• Controller: Integrates and manages all components

Benefits:

• Improves system reliability and resiliency by seamlessly incorporating renewable energy, battery storage and emergency backup power into the grid.
• Novel methane capture process collects biogas and reduces GHG emissions.
• Unique partnership benefits agriculture and power sectors, as well as cooperative members.