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Bad River Health & Wellness Center

On Sept. 24, 2019 the Ashland Daily Press wrote about the upcoming Solar + Storage project at the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Indians.  The tribe had received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and was about to embark on a 524kW solar photovoltaic (PV) project coupled with over 1 mega-watt-hours of battery storage.  The project would consist of three microgrids and collectively would have more battery storage than any other installation in Wisconsin.

Fast track to February 2021 and that project, despite Covid-19 challenges, is on track to be completed in March 2021.  The contractor is EnTech Solutions, a division of Faith Technologies based in Neenah, WI.  Cheq Bay Renewables formed a consulting team to assist the tribe in project development and implementation.  Team members include Madison Solar Consulting and muGrid Analytics of Golden, CO.  The consulting team meets frequently to evaluate the project’s progress and will continue to assist the tribe post-commissioning to ensure the cutting-edge system performs as anticipated.
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The three microgrids are independent systems that are associated with the tribe’s Health and Wellness Center (300kW of PV), the Waster Water Treatment Plant (200kW) and the Chief Blackbird Administration Building (24kW).  Each is grid tied but capable of operating independent of the grid in case of grid outage.  The solar PV installations are integrated with battery storage and diesel backup generation which seamlessly and automatically optimize the dispatch of energy for economic as well as resiliency goals.  

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