📋 Case Study

New York Con Edison Brooklyn Microgrid Demonstration

Legacy grid infrastructure unable to absorb distributed solar exports; required bi-directional active power curtailment and dynamic export limits

🏗️ Project Overview

Mixed-use urban block (22 buildings, 8.3 MW peak) with solar PV, BESS, and EV charging aggregation

🎯 Challenge

Legacy grid infrastructure unable to absorb distributed solar exports; required bi-directional active power curtailment and dynamic export limits

🔧 Design Approach

Peer-to-peer transactive energy layer using blockchain-secured settlement + IEEE 2030.5 DERMS with adaptive export cap algorithm

📐 Design Diagram

AI-generated project design illustration

📐 Key Calculations

Dynamic Export Cap

Cap = f(Voltage Profile, Line Loading, Transformer Temp)

Result: 1.2–3.8 MW

Prevents reverse power flow violations

Transactive Settlement Latency

Block Time + Consensus + Settlement

Result: 2.3 sec

Meets NYISO 5-sec dispatch requirement

📊 Results

Achieved 99.4% export compliance rate; reduced local transformer loading by 31%; enabled 100% solar self-consumption during peak hours

💡 Lessons Learned

• •Transactive layers require deterministic consensus—not probabilistic PoW
• •Export cap algorithms must ingest real-time transformer hotspot data

✅ Key Takeaways

• 1Transactive layers require deterministic consensus—not probabilistic PoW
• 2Export cap algorithms must ingest real-time transformer hotspot data