Railway Switchyard

Overview

Clear Blue deployed 8 Illumient Smart Off-Grid systems for mission-critical lighting at a railroad switchyard in Greenwich, New Jersey.

The Challenge

The railroad switchyard required dependable illumination to ensure safe operation of railway switches. Grid connectivity would have been disruptive and cost-prohibitive given the track-side location. The facility demanded an off-grid solution combining low-cost infrastructure with high reliability and continuous power availability to eliminate downtime risks.

Our Solution

Clear Blue deployed 8 Illumient Smart Off-Grid systems using energy forecasting and management to satisfy strict uptime requirements. By predicting energy generation over the next five days using weather and potential energy data, operators detected potential outages beforehand and remotely and proactively managed systems to prevent service interruptions.

Results

• Demonstrated how off-grid solutions can reliably power mission-critical infrastructure for a variety of applications.
• Energy forecasting predicted generation over the next five days using weather and potential energy data.
• Operators remotely and proactively managed systems to prevent service interruptions.