Q3 2018 – October 2018
Charleston, SC – Last month, our team completed construction on our most challenging—and rewarding—project to date. Earlier this year, we were awarded a design-build contract for a project located in the South Pacific. Our team spent four months on a mile-long island within the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands. The result was our company’s first microgrid, composed of a 2.3-megawatt solar photovoltaic array and a 3-megawatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). This microgrid will function as its own utility grid in order to power the operations of the U.S. Army Garrison stationed on the island.
The solar PV array features LG NeON modules that are connected to SMA Sunny Tripower inverters and supported by a Sollega racking system. The BESS is a Samsung Li-ION energy storage system. The small island in the Atoll is called Meck Island. It lies within the Marshall Islands, which is an island nation located about 1,900 miles Northeast of Papua New Guinea. Kwajalein Atoll is made up of approximately 97 islands, 11 of which are leased by the U.S. government. Meck Island operates as a U.S. Army installation hosting the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) as well as other strategic military assets.
Hannah Solar Government Services is a veteran-owned business leading the way in global energy security by designing and building renewable energy and microgrid systems. HSGS specializes in project development, design, installation, and maintenance of commercial and utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy storage for government, commercial, and utility clients. HSGS’ breadth of experience includes projects that span the continental United States as well as overseas.
We are incredibly proud of our hardworking team, and cannot wait to see what other challenges await us. Please visit our contact page to inquire about our work.
