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Otis Air National Guard Base

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations7
System facts4
Sources reviewed4
Last researched2026-07-19

Otis became the U.S. Department of Defense's first operational wind-powered microgrid in 2018, supporting the full installation and participating in ISO New England frequency regulation.

Research status
Operational; unveiled August 29, 2018
Historical classification
Military
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
41.65865, -70.52142
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Who was involved in Otis Air National Guard Base?

7 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

102nd Intelligence Wing / Massachusetts Air National Guard

Owner, operator, and installation project lead [2]

Organization

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Public project partner [2]

Organization

East Penn Manufacturing / Ecoult

Battery energy-storage technology supplier [4]

Organization

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

DoD demonstration and validation program [3]

Organization

Raytheon

Principal investigator and microgrid control-system developer [3]

Organization

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

DoD research program sponsor [3]

Organization

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 249th Engineer Battalion

Construction participant [2]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Distribution work
More than 3 miles of three-phase cable, 165 utility poles, and more than 4 miles of fiber [2]
Operating market
ISO New England frequency regulation [3]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Microgrid control system

Raytheon

Cyber-secure controller developed for the high-wind-penetration, storage-centered installation. [3]

02

Battery energy storage

East Penn Manufacturing / Ecoult

Energy-storage system supplied to Raytheon; model and ratings were not stated in the reviewed public source. [4]

Provenance

4 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
  3. [3]
  4. [4]
    Energy Storage for Otis Air National Guard Base

    Consortium for Battery Innovation · Primary source

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