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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOST QUOTE - Kipnuk Rd 15 IES CostQuote - No Resumes November 12, 2022 RE: Completing Kipnuk Battery Energy Storage System Dear Daniel, Please find our proposal for completing the installation, integration, and commissioning of the lithium ion battery- bank for Kipnuk Light Plant. The battery system is designed and sized to provide grid stabilization for wind only, or solar only operation. The proposal provides costs for the largest of the two sizes of BESS systems, with the power converter designed for 300 kW. The lithium-ion battery is proposed because of its chemistry, application format and simple low maintenance design, which will allow the system to be serviced, using single engine aircraft. We will install the battery energy storage system in a shed, which we will build, and that construction is included in this proposal. This proposal ensures that the wind system, the battery, and diesels all work together as an integrated system. The BESS is a critical missing piece. We anticipate that with a notice to proceed we can complete the work between 8-10 months of award, as the BESS is already purchased and shipped to the community. IES is committed to working with community to make this a great project. Respectfully, Dennis Meiners Intelligent Energy Systems, LLC 110 W. 15th Avenue, Suite A Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 770-6367 Project Start is based on REF work plan and final agreements between contractor and community, schedule of work, Notice to Proceed (NTP) and completed operations maintenance and support plan all completed. Post-Commissioning, Milestone Description Tasks Deliverables 1 Project Plan Develop installation, integration and commissioning schedules, project performance targets. Approved Project Plan For BESS installation, integration, and commissioning 2 Procure final materials Identify final number and types of materials are needed: Conductors, Component breakers, Radios, Control software. Order and ship installation materials 3 Complete battery installation Wire BESS system and metering to diesel powerplant buss. Complete installation Provide installation report, photos etc. 4 Integration and Commissioning of battery energy storage system To be conducted after installation and commissioning system components application status review is completed. This includes power converter, battery management system, remote communications, and auxiliary support systems. BESS Commissioning Report 5 Integration and testing of battery and wind system Integration of battery energy storage control system with the wind diesel supervisory control and data collection system. Integration and testing performance report 6 Complete commissioning of wind+battery+diesel system Commission full system operations: wind turbines, diesel power plant, battery energy storage. Monthly performance reports Total (includes travel) $434,000 Kipnuk Battery Energy Storage Project & Electric Thermal Stove Installation, Integration & Commissioning Install, integrate and commission a 500kW/677 kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Key Personnel and Project Roles for BESS Installation, Integration & Commissioning Patrick Boonstra, Lead Project Manager and responsible for all Milestones being met. Intelligent Energy Systems, LLC (IES). Patrick is an experienced and dedicated project manager and operations manager for IES. He has 20+ years of experience bringing complex, remote projects to successful completion. He has 10 years’ designing, managing, constructing, and commissioning hybrid microgrid projects. Patrick has a keen sense for the practicalities of remote construction and this experience is invaluable to plan and develop remote hybrid microgrids from budgeting, to knowing vendor capabilities to working with subcontractors - including those locally hired from the remote communities IES works in. In 2022 Patrick led the IES team to complete a similar system in Kokhanak. This experience is important for efficient installation, integration, and commissioning of the BESS and ETS units with the wind-diesel system. (Responsible for All Milestones and Tasks to be completed.) Dennis Meiners, Principal and Founder of Intelligent Energy Systems, LLC (IES). Dennis has 25+ years developing alternatives to diesel-power generation for remote Alaskan communities. This project will benefit from Dennis’s many years of experience, and his understanding of the importance of system practicality, reliability, and ability to support field deployed technology. Over the years, Dennis has developed IES into one of the most experienced and capable teams of renewable microgrid technologists and specialists in North America. IES has demonstrated its ability to assist communities to develop high penetration renewable projects from concept to operations. (Available for All Milestones and Tasks as needed.) Pati Crofut (Utility Financial Management Specialist and IES Grant Manager) Responsible for IES (the contractor) reporting requirements and determination of business operating plans for standalone community microgrids. Pati has spent the last 20 years of her career as a rural Alaskan utility accounting consultant and trainer. She has been responsible for assisting communities like Napaskiak to develop financial accounting and management practices. She provides QuickBooks training and consulting services to the State of Alaska Department of Commerce & Rural Development. For the past 5 years, Pati has been IES’s financial operations manager. (Financial responsibilities for All Milestones and Tasks.) Dale Letourneau (Electrical Engineer), with more than 30 years of electrical and power system design experience in Alaska. Dale has experience with controls, switchgear, electrical distribution, and power systems integration design, and has worked with IES over the last 15 years. Specializing in standalone power energy generation and grid integration. Dale has managed large and small projects across Alaska, and his projects benefit from his years of practical experience, working with his family’s electrical business. (Co-Lead for Milestones and Associated Tasks 3-6) Tony D’Aoust (Renewable Energy Specialist). For over 20 years Tony has specialized in remote solar and battery installations and operations, primarily aboard marine research vessels deployed for 3-6 months at a time. Deciding to transfer these skills and capabilities to remote communities, Tony is supporting these communities’ efforts to increase thei r sustainability by reducing dependence on diesel fuel. His work includes the first ever installation of Alaska’s coastal remote powered autonomous HF radar system; this design was later incorporated into similar Antarctica deployment. In addition to being well-versed in remote renewable energy systems, he has substantial experience working with research teams from universities and federal agencies requiring detailed documentation of the projects for which he is responsible. (Senior Technical Specialist Milestones 3-6 and Associated Tasks) Terrance Meyer, Mechanical Engineer is a veteran of renewable energy having run his own development company and consulting company as well as working for some of the major players in the field. His inspiration was hydro power, interned in solar power, grew his career with the wind energy boom, and has supported community scale and biomass projects. He has participated in assessments for hundreds of renewable energy projects and various technologies. These include system design, strategic planning, feasibility studies, due diligence investigations, performance testing, technical and financial analyses, product development research, market analyses, and patent writing. The projects have been a wide variety of generation technologies from utility scale to distributed generation and include wind, hydroelectric, biomass, pumped hydro energy storage, ultracapacitors, batteries, renewable fuels, cogeneration, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, hydroelectric, in addition to conventional energy technologies. (Available for All Milestones and Tasks as needed.) Ian Knapp (Technical Specialist) Ian skills range from data collection to technical analysis. Ian will be responsible for data collection, mapping, data analysis, load monitoring, and aggregation of data for analysis. Ian will develop methods of data collection and analysis. He specializes in control and communications systems architectures and maintaining system reliability. (All Milestones and Associated Tasks)