Army Corps to Build Advanced Microgrid at White Sands Missile Range: Solar Plus Storage Designed to Run Off-Grid
ABM announced on November 3 that AACON-RavenVolt JV, LLC — a joint venture between its energy solutions subsidiary RavenVolt and AACON General Contractors — has been awarded a construction contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District to build an advanced microgrid at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Awarded under the Department of War's Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP), the project will combine solar power, battery energy storage, on-site backup generation and advanced controls to safeguard mission-critical military operations against external grid outages, extreme weather events and other disruptions.
Built under a design-bid-build framework, the secure feeder-level microgrid will integrate a carport-mounted solar photovoltaic array, a high-capacity battery energy storage system (BESS), dispatchable on-site generators and an intelligent microgrid control system. Working as a single coordinated system, the distributed energy assets will allow the installation to seamlessly island, reduce dependence on the local utility grid and provide redundant power to vital cantonment-area facilities. The scope also includes new electrical distribution lines, fiber-optic communications and security infrastructure.
Mark Hawkinson, ABM's president for Engineering & Infrastructure Solutions, said reliable power is fundamental to mission readiness and that critical military installations require robust, modern infrastructure to guarantee continuous operation, adding that the joint venture will deliver a resilient power system engineered to sustain White Sands Missile Range when the commercial grid cannot.
White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. military test range for missiles and weapons systems. ABM did not disclose the value of the contract in its release.
(Source: ABM)
Source: ABM
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 美军基地太阳能发电项目资料图（Fort Hunter Liggett，美国陆军官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons；非 White Sands 靶场本体）
