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The JouleBox Power Station Plants Solve All These Problems
The 60-kW units are configured in parallel clusters, with double-stacked
containers in a climate-controlled, sound-proofed facility. The buildings
have a small environmental footprint compared with other renewable energy
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options: 3 MW (1007.81 m ) to 50 MW (13,601 m ).
Since these plants are modular, they can be scaled larger; installing them
next to a substation, under transmission lines, or any electrical right of way,
makes distribution efficient and cost effective and produces power where it
is needed. There is no theoretical limit to the number of units that could be
clustered together. A 3-MW system would produce 26,280,000 kWh per
year or enough electricity to run 2200 US homes. Six JouleBox Power
stations can power a large factory. Seven JouleBoxes fit into a shipping
container and can produce 420 kW of power. The JouleBox equates to
approximately 4 MW of solar, 3 MW of wind, and 2 MW of hydro. By
producing power from a cluster of units that are not dependent on each other
to operate, the reliability of production output is greatly enhanced and the
grid is safer.

Intertie and grid protection is vitally important. Our interconnection
system was designed by a senior member of the IEEE who sits on the
(1) IEEE Power Systems Relaying Committee (PSRC), Main Committee;
(2) IEEE PSRC Rotating Machinery Protection Subcommittee as Chair
Emeritus; and the (3) IEEE PSRC Rotating Machinery Protection Sub-
committee as Committee Member. With each installation a JouleBox facility
makes the grid safer and more secure. These facilities can operate as a
microgrid or in islanding mode. All units are synchronized and electroni-
cally locked down and combined to be delivered at medium voltage (11 KV
to 69 KV). Even if one JouleBox is shut down, the other JouleBoxes
continue to run.
Since the JouleBox provides baseload power 24/7/365 the question of
peak demand has been raised. Waste to energy gasification can provide
power for peak demand while eliminating landfill on islands with limited
space.