Sitting 8,000 feet above sea level, the Granjas Carroll pork processing plant in Puebla, Mexico, is a powerhouse of production. As part of one of the country’s largest pork producers, the facility has the capability to process 1.5 million hogs per year. With such a heavy rotation of output, having reliable, consistent energy with no fluctuation in voltage or frequency is critical.
But when the plant was first being built, having reliable power — or any power at all — was an uncertainty. Under the initial plans, the new facility was to receive service from the local electricity company. As the project got underway, word suddenly came that the local provider would not be able to provide power after all. This left the project managers in a scramble to construct a completely independent power plant that could operate off the grid in full island mode.