T Plus is preparing pilot projects for the installation of energy storage devices in boiler houses.
"T Plus is performing calculations to assess the possibility of using energy storage systems in its boiler houses in order to reduce electricity consumption for its needs, said the company's CEO Pavel Snickers:
We want to save resources and electricity for our needs, so we plan to use the storage device for our boiler houses. So far these are only pilot projects, we are performing theoretical calculations for them.
The company has not yet started purchasing equipment - for now it is a pre-project development of the idea. If the pilots are successful, the technology can be scaled up to more than 500 of the company's boiler houses in 16 regions of Russia.
Storage allows boiler houses to perform price arbitrage: charging equipment at night at a low rate, and driving installations during the day when electricity is more expensive. The drives also act as a backup source during an emergency shutdown, smoothing out peak loads and protecting the electronics of the control systems against voltage surges.