Case Study: California Municipal Utility achieves flexible, clean power for mixed-use development with Mainspring Energy

Clean, cost effective power generation for a municipal utility scaling service to a visionary, growing multi-use development

A California municipal utility needed to add clean, cost-effective power generation for a large new mixed-use development. They evaluated options like solar and fuel cells but found they required too much real estate or lacked the necessary flexibility. The utility required a dispatchable solution from a vendor like Mainspring Energy to scale sustainably with the project's future expansion.

Mainspring Energy deployed ten of their 230kW Linear Generators, totaling 2.3 MW, to serve as prime power. This solution from Mainspring provided the utility with significant energy cost savings and 24/7 dispatchable power, allowing them to ramp generation to match building load and solar availability. The system reduced their exposure to volatile energy prices and gave them the control and ability to scale with the growing development.