2.14.25
Encorp Wins Controls Contract for Large Microgrid Fleet in the Bahamas
The Bahamas Ministry of Energy and Transportation and Bahamas Power & Light is transforming their system with an emphasis on sustainability and providing reliable energy to those communities most in need. To that end, the utility has chosen the Encorp Egility Control Platform as the sole micogrid control system for the many planned microgrids across several islands.
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9.16.24
Alameda County Contract Award
Encorp was awarded a contract to generate high-level design and formal Pacific Gas and Electric applications for six microgrids to be constructed at various existing facility sites across Alameda County; with its seat in Oakland. Following completion of this effort, Encorp was offered the sole source EPC contract in the amount of $45.3M for the firm’s consideration.
10.12.23
E.ON Isle of Skye, Scotland Microgrid
After a two–year design and intense competitive review period, Encorp is thrilled its Egility Control Platform has been selected for another E.ON microgrid project. We are reunited with partners Loccioni and Ameresco UK to provide ancillary services on the Scottish island know for distilling Talisker and Drambuie.
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10.09.23
Encorp Implements Innovative New PG&E Pilot Program
A major California ag concern will exploit advanced capabilities of the Encorp Egility Control Platform so their new packaging facility may leverage PG&E’s Flexible Service Connection Pilot Program. This innovative arrangement allows PG&E to optimize energy delivery so that select users may achieve their sustainability and energy cost containment goals.
10.03.23
Encorp and Natron Energy Announce World’s First Hybridized Generator Solution
Encorp’s scalable Hybrid Power Platform uses Natron’s BluePack™ sodium-ion batteries to provide critical backup power in extreme environments and reduce fossil fuel consumption. This multi-megawatt (MW) class hybrid power platform is controlled by Encorp’s Egility and optimized for diesel and natural gas generators used in microgrids, process and factory automation, as well as in related industrial power applications, including oil and gas exploration, wastewater treatment and commercial seaport operations. Read the press release and learn how it’s an important step in decarbonizing industrial power applications.
8.15.23
Georgia Transmission Corporation’s Microgrid
Following the award of a contract to design a showcase microgrid to be used as a pilot program for its 38 stakeholder rural electricity cooperatives across the Southeast, the Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC) is working with Encorp to bring that design to commercial reality. Leveraging Encorp’s Microgrid for the Masses program, the GTC cross-functional team selected Encorp to perform various tasks included in the aforementioned EPC business model to bring this cutting edge microgrid online by mid-2024.
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7.06.23
Additions to Encorp’s Engineering Braintrust
A hallmark of Encorp has been the valued symbiotic relationship between team and technology, with many of Encorp’s key pioneers boasting a 25+ year tenure with the company. We continue to benefit from our internship program with Colorado’s leading educational institutions with our most recent Electrical Engineer hire from the Colorado School of Mines, John Buchholz.
7.01.23
European Strategic Expansion
Encorp has secured its second microgrid project with the large Essen, Germany-based multinational investor-owned utility E.On on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The project benefits from a unique a Resiliency as a Service (RaaS) business model and use case. To pursue additional opportunities in the UK and beyond, Encorp has added Scotland-based Stewart Dunn to coordinate this effort and others. Encorp has also formed a strategic relationship with Sofia-based manufacturing entity Oskar-El to build the required hardware to pair with Encorp’s Egility software. New hire Lana Sipka will support long-time business advisor Angie Freeman’s related efforts in Europe as well as the US.
5.15.23
Encorp’s Dynamic Microgrid Dashboard Takes Real Time Data Visualization to New Level
Encorp differentiates its Egility microgrid controller platform not only by its state-of-the-art functionality, but also by the aesthetic of the product’s enclosure. This attractive packaging complements the controller’s capabilities and has now expanded to animated microgrid visualizations intended for the non-technical viewers; patent pending. The first demonstration is planned to be displayed on a 65-inch interactive touchscreen at a premier New York City auto dealership.
4.12.23
Encorp Expands Offering to Include Turnkey EPC Services
Building upon it success in 2020 of acquiescing to the request by the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association to turnkey the construction of a microgrid for the remote mountain village of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, Encorp has added industry leader Rob Rives to lend additional competency and credibility to this turnkey microgrid offering which reduces cost and development timeframes. Several domestic projects are currently underway.
3.16.23
Encorp Chosen as Microgrid Subject Matter Expert for AI Effort
A major multinational – and one of the country’s largest electrical energy consumers – has selected Encorp to repurpose it’s artificial intelligence (Al) product offering for modeling, simulation and various forecasting capabilities to enhance microgrid use cases.
2.20.23
Central California’s Cobblestone Fruit Microgrid
Associated with Kings River Packaging, Cobblestone Fruit vetted multiple firms offering off balance sheet financing approaches to provide resilient power service for their new $100M+, 220,000 square foot packaging facility located on California’s Central Coast. They ultimately selected Encorp – leveraging its Microgrid for the Masses program. The collaboration is developing an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) approach that best suits this 4MW+ microgrid. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is considering this project as a potential template for their large agricultural constituency to manage ever-growing load requirements in this grid constrained region of California.
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1.10.23
Encorp Launches “Microgrids For The Masses” Program
This unique multi-faceted program differentiates Encorp from its many multinational competitors. The campaign’s central theme is a curated customer experience, allowing each customer to select from a variety of products and services that meets each organization’s site specific needs. Since inception of the Microgrids for the Masses program, Encorp has netted three very diverse clients choosing support options totaling over $35M in contracts. View the campaign landing page at Microgrid for the Masses
9.7.22
Our promise to those serving our country: Protecting your grid while you protect our freedom
Encorp to upgrade the secure triple-redundant HMI and SCADA systems on one of its many military installations, the Bangor Naval facility north of Seattle, Washington.
8.23.22
The future: EV charging station microgrids for automotive dealerships
Encorp will work with its partners to enable the first-of-its-kind grid connected solar/battery/generator microgrid at Vail Buick GMC in Westchester County, NY.
5.12.22
Sales Force Expansion
Encorp expands sales coverage with personnel in Atlanta, Denver and Scottsdale, AZ. These three (3) team leaders will be exploring relationships with independent manufacturers’ representatives to support various domestic microgrid end-user segments.
1.14.22
Encorp Critical back up power for three secure military installations
Encorp designed and put in place extremely redundant back up power systems for three secure military installations in the north west. The combined value of these systems were in excess of $10 million and took over three years to complete. As would be expected, each of these systems is extremely robust with multiple backup communication and SCADA networks. Each in its own way highlighted Encorp‘s depth of knowledge in dealing with complex wheeling schemes and medium and low voltage switchgear assemblies. These three projects when combined with the previous six projects completed over the last 15 years cements Encorp as a prime vendor for NAVFAC Northwest.
10.16.21
Red Feather Lakes microgrid groundbreaking
Encorp was pleased to act as the prime contractor for the first time working with client Poudre valley rural electric authority. This microgrid included a propane fueled generator, a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a small PV system, Serves to provide much-needed energy to a community center during times when this beautiful village nestled 8000 feet in the Rocky Mountains loses power from the utility due to fire or heavy snowfall. This effort was supported by two national labs the U.S. Department of Energy and local constituencies.
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5.25.21
Nelda J. Connors inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame
An exuberant congratulations to Encorp’s advisory board member Nelda J. Connors for being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame! Ms. Connors, CEO and Strategic Partner, at Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, is one of eight 2021 awardees thanks to her success as a strategic partner providing outstanding financial, technical, and operating expertise to diversified industrials, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), suppliers and distributors.
10.22.20
E.ON Microgrid Project
Encorp is honored to be a small part of this seminal E.ON microgrid in Simris, Sweden, by providing our Egility control platform. This project has spawned many other successful pan-European renewable energy projects. See the E.On Change Makers video.
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9.3.20
Red Feather Lakes Announcement
Encorp has expanded its capabilities to provide complete design and microgrid construction for the northern Colorado mountain community of Red Feather Lakes. The company was originally retained to provide its new Egility Control Platform to integrate and grid-connect multiple generation and storage assets to provide the townspeople with power during lines-down scenarios resulting from heavy snowfall. Encorp will be formally introducing its Microgrid Advisory services to the broader domestic market during the fourth quarter 2020.
8.28.20
Shaun Fuller Encorp CFO
Encorp is pleased to welcome Shaun Fuller as its new CFO. Mr. Fuller brings a wealth of experience as a strategic business executive with a strong financial background and proven track record of leading a U.S. military supplier and global manufacturer. Read his bio here.
8.12.20
Senior Application Engineer Addition
Encorp announces the addition of a Senior Application Engineer, in Chennai, India to support the southeast Asian market including Australia. This individual will provide technical expertise to bolster completed microgrid projects and expansion plans in the region.
7.24.20
Microgrid for California County Authority
Encorp has been retained by a California county authority to upgrade the microgrid controls of a 6MW PG&E-connected microgrid to the Encorp Egility Control Platform. The microgrid assets for this 1 million square foot complex include a 1+ MW fuel cell, repurposed diesel generator sets, a 4MWh energy storage, 3MW of solar and assorted wind generation assets. Completion is anticipated in early 2021.
7.15.20
International Plaza Retrofit
Encorp has completed the comprehensive controls system retrofit for International Plaza, a former JPMorgan Chase Data Center in an exclusive Dallas suburb. All five generator control systems were upgraded to Encorp’s globally-recognized Egility Control Platform.
6.30.20
Three-year Substation Upgrade Completed
Working with Watts Constructors, Encorp’s three-year Substation 2 upgrade project for NAVFAC NW has been successfully completed. This substation, located on Naval Base Kitsap north of Seattle, serves one of our nation’s most secure military installations.
6.12.20
Doug Birlingmair, PE Appointed
Over the last 25 years, Encorp has completed more than 400 domestic projects. To further our commitment to this user base, the company has appointed Doug Birlingmair, PE, to lead the effort to expand onsite and remote service support for our valued and loyal constituency. Under his leadership the team has already successfully established relationships and earned service contracts from several past customers, including City of Atlanta 911 Call Center, Florence Prison (3 projects), Delta Correctional (2 projects), Microsoft and Frontier Data Centers, and the Architect of the Capital Data Center & Washington Gas; both located in Washington, DC.
1.17.20
JPMorgan Chase Data Center Upgrade
Encorp has successfully finished a complete $1M upgrade at a former JPMorgan Chase data center. All controls and communications interfaces were updated, an upgrade that will greatly improve system resiliency and ease of maintenance for its anticipated 20-year lifespan.
1.3.20
Chambers Cogeneration Upgrade
Chambers Cogeneration in New Jersey has retained Encorp to upgrade a portion of its 261-MW system during its annual shutdown.
