ComAp collaborated with KKS-Energy, an engineering and project management company based in Hungary, to provide a modern control solution for one of the country’s first utility-scale hybrid power plants. Featuring a battery energy storage system (BESS) and 3.5 MWp of solar capacity, the plant was designed with zero feed-in control, ensuring all generated energy is either stored or used on-site. This approach limits exposure to increasingly volatile energy prices while ensuring compliance with the country’s Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve (aFRR) requirements.  

Without a sophisticated control system, the customer’s plant would not be able to accommodate the complex demands of a hybrid system, excluding it from the benefits of arbitrage opportunities, energy trading markets, and the ability to maximise self-consumption and efficiency. To address this, KKS-Energy approached ComAp to implement a tailored hybrid microgrid control solution.

ComAp provided a fully integrated control solution featuring the latest InteliNeo 6000 hybrid microgrid controller, which facilitates the seamless integration of renewables and enables real-time management and monitoring of all energy sources, including photovoltaics, battery energy storage (BESS), and the grid, maximising the efficiency of all energy sources. The system also includes the InteliMains 1010 for import/export control, enabling safe integration with the grid and aFRR compliance. Additionally, the new control system is equipped with ComAp’s InteliVision 10Touch display and InteliSCADA for advanced monitoring and data collection.

*Accreditation by MAVIR ZRt., the Hungarian Transmission System Operator (TSO) responsible for managing Hungary’s electricity transmission network. MAVIR oversees grid reliability and electricity market operations.