Hybrid Microgrids, Designed, Deployed and Maintained

Hybrid Microgrids, Designed, Deployed and Maintained

PCAS is a leading UK specialist in hybrid microgrids. We bring generators, battery energy storage (BESS), solar PV and CHP together under one ComAp control system, so a site runs on the cheapest, cleanest power available and never goes dark.

We have hybrid systems running on UK farms and commercial sites today, and on projects in Ireland and East Africa.

Hybrid grid systems that look after themselves

What a hybrid microgrid does

A hybrid microgrid is a local power system that can run with the grid, or without it. Solar charges the batteries by day. The batteries carry the load at night and smooth out motor starts. The generators start only when the batteries run low or the load is too big, then stop again. One controller makes every decision, second by second.

The result is fewer generator run hours, lower fuel bills, less maintenance and power that keeps going when the grid doesn’t.


Proven on live sites
  • Off-grid farm, Shropshire: battery storage, solar and diesel generators on one ComAp InteliNeo. Read the case study
  • Off-grid free range egg unit, Shropshire: synchronised generators and solar, adding containerised BESS. Read the case study
  • Leisure resort, Northern Ireland: multiple PV sites, day and night modes, PCAS SCADA. Read the case study
  • Pharmaceutical microgrid, Ireland: ComAp commissioning in planned shutdowns
  • Multi-megawatt peaking plant, Doncaster and site-wide STOR fleet upgrades

What we deliver
  • Feasibility and design: load profiling, sizing, single line diagrams and a written control philosophy
  • Controls and switchgear: ComAp InteliNeo and InteliGen panels built in house
  • Commissioning: islanding, resynchronising, curtailment and SOC management tested on site
  • G99 and DNO: applications and protection settings for grid connected schemes
  • SCADA and monitoring: PCAS InteliSCADA screens and WebSupervisor remote access
  • Service: one 24/7 agreement covering generators, batteries and controls

Who it suits

Farms and rural businesses with weak or no grid supply, sites waiting years for a grid connection, factories facing high peak charges, and anyone running generators for long hours who wants to cut fuel.


Talk to us about your site

Send us your load data or recent bills, and we’ll tell you honestly what a hybrid system could save.

Call 0114 317 7939 or email support@pcasltd.com.


OUR APPROACH

THE TEAM

Our teams are headed up by Stuart and Nik Morley, who have a collective 50 years of experience in the power control, communications, and automation industries.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Our experience is our greatest asset and has allowed us to grow our company and reputation organically. Our independently run organisation allows for maximum flexibility during project delivery.

WHO WE WORK WITH

We welcome conversations with consultants, manufacturers, design and build companies, mechanical engineering companies, planners, project managers, and anybody requiring critical power solutions.