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COMING SOON · CAMPUS SOFC + ENERGY STORAGE EPC
CAMPUS SOFC + BESS EPC PLATFORM

On-site generation.
Campus demand control.

This campus-scale energy project pairs solid oxide fuel-cell generation with long-duration battery energy storage and centralized controls to reduce grid purchases, manage peak import, and improve energy-cost performance.

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Campus SOFC and battery energy storage EPC project
PROPOSED CAMPUS ENERGY PLATFORM
PROJECT OVERVIEW

A Coordinated On-Site Energy Platform for a Complex Campus.

MTD is advancing this proposed owner-purchase EPC solution for a large commercial campus in southeastern Pennsylvania.

The planning configuration combines 650 kW of Bloom Energy Server 6.5-class solid oxide fuel-cell capacity, dispatched at up to 500 kW, with a 1.5 MW / 6 MWh Eos-class zinc battery energy-storage system and campus energy-management controls.

The result is a load-matched strategy designed to serve on-site demand, reduce utility exposure, and manage high-value peak intervals.

A campus-scale energy strategy combining fuel-cell generation, long-duration storage, and coordinated energy management around facility demand.

WHY IT MATTERS

Designed around campus energy priorities.

An integrated platform intended to support on-site generation, utility-import management, and operating value.

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On-Site Generation

Generate up to 4.0 million kWh annually under the planning dispatch model.

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Import Control

Target a lower grid-import profile through coordinated fuel-cell and battery dispatch.

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Operating Benefit

Planning analysis indicates approximately $558,000 in Year-1 pre-tax operating benefit.*

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Long-Duration Storage

Six MWh of zinc battery storage supports peak management and demand-response value.

HOW THE PLATFORM WORKS

How the Campus SOFC + BESS Platform Works

Generate. Coordinate. Control. Create Value.

The SOFC provides steady on-site electric generation. The battery system and campus EMS manage peaks, demand-response participation, and the target grid-import profile.

01

Generate

650 kW SOFC

Two 325 kW-class fuel-cell units provide efficient on-site generation.

02

Self-Consume

500 kW Dispatch Cap

Fuel-cell output is planned around campus demand and interval-load requirements.

03

Store & Control

1.5 MW / 6 MWh BESS

Long-duration zinc storage and EMS target high-value demand periods.

04

Optimize

Lower Grid Import

The coordinated platform supports reduced grid exposure and future tariff benefits.

650 kW SOFC. 1.5 MW / 6 MWh BESS. CAMPUS-SCALE ENERGY MANAGEMENT.
PROPOSED CAMPUS PROJECT

Coming Soon: Campus SOFC + BESS EPC

Integrated power for a complex electrical load.

Campus SOFC BESS project visual

CAMPUS SOFC + BESS EPC PLATFORM

Campus energy storage and generation project visual

INTEGRATED CAMPUS ENERGY MANAGEMENT

PROPOSED PERFORMANCE SIGNALS

Planning for campus-scale energy performance.

The planning model evaluates a campus consuming approximately 4.13 million kWh annually, with a stabilized peak near 1.72 MW.

The SOFC dispatch is capped at 500 kW pending 15-minute interval-data validation, while the BESS is sized to reduce high-demand periods and support a lower grid-import target. Final economics require utility, gas-service, equipment, and tax review.

650 kW Proposed Bloom-class SOFC nameplate
1.5 MW / 6 MWh Proposed Eos-class zinc BESS + EMS
$558K Modeled Year-1 pre-tax operating benefit*
$324K + $234K Modeled Year-1 SOFC + BESS operating benefits*

*Planning-level modeled estimates. Actual performance and economics depend on final engineering, site-load validation, utility and gas-service determinations, vendor quotations, and other project-specific assumptions.

A STRATEGY BUILT AROUND DEMAND

Match generation and storage to campus demand.

This owner-purchase EPC model uses a 500 kW SOFC dispatch cap and battery-plus-EMS controls to pursue an approximately 400 kW utility-import target.

The planning case includes avoided grid-energy value, demand-management value, and demand-response value, but does not depend on solar generation, CHP heat recovery, electricity export revenue, or a hydrogen-production credit.

Load-Matched Fuel-Cell Power

Two SOFC units are planned to produce up to 4.0 million kWh annually, subject to final dispatch and site-load confirmation.

Long-Duration Zinc Storage

A 1.5 MW / 6 MWh Eos-class BESS is designed around a four-hour operating basis and centralized energy-management controls.

Demand & Tariff Strategy

The case considers demand reduction, demand-response value, and potential future tariff benefits after sustained lower import levels.

Fuel-Service Readiness

The campus is currently all-electric; firm gas service, meter capacity, and an executable delivered-gas supply plan are conditions precedent.

INTEGRATED EPC SCOPE

One coordinated campus energy solution.

The proposed EPC scope is structured to integrate SOFC generation, zinc battery storage, EMS controls, electrical interconnection, gas infrastructure, permitting, and commissioning into one coordinated campus energy solution.

01 / GENERATION

SOFC Generation

Two 325 kW-class solid oxide fuel-cell units or approved U.S.-domestic equivalent.

02 / STORAGE

Battery + EMS

Eos-class 1.5 MW / 6 MWh zinc storage system with campus EMS integration.

03 / ELECTRICAL

Electrical Infrastructure

Switchgear, protection, transformers, utility interconnection, and controls coordination.

04 / FUEL SYSTEM

Gas Infrastructure

New gas service, meter, firm delivery path, regulation, and fuel-system engineering as required.

05 / EPC DELIVERY

Project Delivery

Engineering, vendor coordination, permitting, commissioning procedures, and EPC management.

06 / PROJECT ECONOMICS

Resilient Economics

A 20-year planning model with modeled tax benefits, operating value, and future tariff considerations.

POTENTIAL FEDERAL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT

Planning-level incentive potential.

The planning model applies a 30% Section 48E credit rate to the $4.50 million SOFC plant and a 40% rate to the $4.11 million BESS + EMS plant.

Engineering is excluded from the modeled credit basis. The modeled 40% BESS figure assumes eligibility for the applicable domestic-content treatment.

All credit estimates require final validation by the owner’s independent tax counsel and tax adviser.

Combined Federal Section 48E ITC Potential
≈ $2.99 Million

Planning estimate

SOFC plant: $4.50M × 30% $1,350,000
BESS + EMS: $4.11M × 40% $1,644,000
Combined modeled ITC $2,994,000

Federal ITC planning disclosure: The potential Federal Section 48E investment tax credit shown is a planning estimate only—not a tax opinion, tax-credit guarantee, or commitment by Modern Thermal Design. The modeled amount assumes qualifying SOFC and battery-storage property, compliant construction timing, satisfaction of applicable prevailing-wage-and-apprenticeship requirements or an applicable exception, required documentation, and sufficient owner tax capacity. The modeled 40% BESS figure further assumes eligibility for the applicable domestic-content treatment. Eligible basis, credit rate, placed-in-service timing, credit availability, and ultimate value must be confirmed by the owner’s independent tax counsel and tax adviser before contracting or relying on this estimate.

MODERN THERMAL DESIGN

Generate On Site. Manage Peaks. Build a Smarter Campus Power Platform.

Interested in a campus-scale SOFC + BESS EPC strategy? Contact Modern Thermal Design.

www.modernthermaldesign.com

Project Disclaimer: All figures are planning-level estimates from the supplied owner pro forma. This public description intentionally omits customer identity, address, utility account, and financing-source details. Performance, savings, fuel costs, demand-response participation, tariff treatment, incentives, tax benefits, schedule, and investment outcomes are subject to final engineering, interval data, utility and gas-service determinations, vendor quotations, approvals, agreements, and tax-adviser review. Potential federal ITC figures are planning estimates only and are subject to the specific conditions described above.

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