Dallas, TX: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced January 4 that it had been selected by NJ Transit to provide design and general engineering services for the New Jersey transit Microgrid project.
The objective of the $577 million NJ Transitgrid project, the first of its kind in the United States for public transportation, is to implement a microgrid capable of providing reliable power for core critical transit infrastructure supporting rail systems operated by NJ Transit and other operators of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The microgrid will be capable of supplying highly resilient power during critical times when the regional electric grid may be compromised due to storms or other events.
Key design components of the new microgrid include a central, natural gas-fired power plant and associated substations, transmission/distribution lines to substations that electrify the tracks and operating controls for critical portions of the NJ Transit and the NEC systems, as well as connections to the PJM commercial grid.