$1.8M Project: Containerized Microgrid | 228 kW Solar Power | 488 kWh Battery Storage

Get an initial tour of our heavily modified 40ft high cube shipping container into a hybrid energy unit to replace the grid to a northern community. Equipped with solar panels, diesel generators, R30 walls, and advanced HVAC systems, this container-based structure is going to be the lifeline for this community. Check the link below for a full article on the project:
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[@dougscott2408]

When you shut the door, the louvres in the fan opening, blew open as the air compressed inside... probably why one would have to slam the door... great work... faithfully watching.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

When you need a pressure relief valve in order to simply close your door, you know the building is tight. I wish my house did that. 😂

[@dougscott2408]

@@TheContainerGuyTV me too :-)

[@Dang_Near_Fed_Up]

A few of us were brainstorming the other night, and you have basically built exactly what we thought up. Looking forward to the electronics video showing the hardware installed to control and harvest the solar array.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

That's awesome! Month or two of work yet before that's all done but once it is, we'll post a video with ALL the details. We want to help the planet do the same thing. One guy can't build all these things.

[@kimnicholson886]

Amazing Game Changer for any remote community. You will be very busy…This is the model to follow in the future. Love it and I will be ordering those solar panel connections. Wanting to put all our solar generating on a 40 container. Love that you are in Saskatchewan ✌🏼Great innovative work. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Our kit is so close to being available! Just waiting on final pricing from vendors. It's extremely refined. Had 2 engineers on it for ~2 months

[@paulmarc-aurele5508]

I like solar projects like this since they make the best use of funds. If you compare 75 residential roof top projects and the tax money used they mostly benefit the Solar companies installing them. Projects like this help the entire community. It’s my opinion tha residential roof top solar should be funded by the homeowners and not the taxpayers. Divert the money to commercial projects with batteries that could lower the cost for everyone.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

I agree that the future of the power transmission lines are for homes to connect to municipal battery banks. Homes can have homeowner-funded solar setups with grid tied inverters. In Canada, the word battery makes people shiver. Once or twice a winter we have to buy new batteries for our equipment. They don't last in the cold and houses shouldn't have huge fire hazards inside their mech rooms or garages. The way they train our firefighters to extinguish battery fires is to "let it burn".

[@paulmarc-aurele5508]

Good point about fire. The battery tech should improve as well.

[@davidanalyst671]

Its a good thing this maniac explained how many redundancies there are. Everything has redundancy, and then the needed to explain that its there for redunancy, or for redundancial purposes. But it will work forever, given all the redundancies.

[@dara7678]

Just to note a Mi26 helicopter has the lift capacity for this to move to really remote areas

[@rtz549]

Make a ladder that bolts onto the strut for roof top access. Make some fold up railing from strut so you have an observation deck on top.

[@andrewcarr276]

Every time I watch your videos I'm amazed at the new innovative ideas you have. Congrats on all your successes now and in the future!

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@robinburkey2466]

I really appreciate all the hard work and engineering that you do! What a team and leadership! Thankyou so much for sharing!

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Our pleasure!

[@thomaswhisnant6573]

Really enjoy seeing the new ideas and applications.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

More to come!

[@alexanderclaylavin]

Your channel has a come a long way!

[@drsulemanbacha]

It seems awkward to ask but it would be nice to share your revenue and profit margin from the projects. Thumbs up

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Our main business is sales / rentals of shipping containers. Mods are a small part. Highly customized ones like this almost always lose money so we need to ensure we are developing products along the way that we can sell in the future.

[@donlatinohits]

very awkward man

[@J.D.Mc.]

Sweet freak build bro. Your really stepping it up. Congratulations. 👏🏻🥳👏🏻

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

🤙

[@brianbourke8859]

Have you considered using "Pioneer® 9,000 BTU 115V Under-Bench RV Heat Pump Air Conditioner" it sits on the floor. You just need to put holes in the floor for air in and out and dehumidified condensate to drip out.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Sweet! Haven't heard of them. Thanks for sharing

[@Ukraine4TheWin]

Awesome project, I'd love to see what components they use inside.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

July / July we should have that video for you

[@Ukraine4TheWin]

@@TheContainerGuyTV I'm looking forward to it, thanks.

[@user-ei3ml8jo1s]

I use two of the AC Infinity fans. They are awesome. The app is very well done too. Good choice.

[@dogcreek8547]

The cost of all this sends me into the Twilight Zone.

[@SRN42069]

Would be cool if you fitted starlink or something on top to provide the community with some internet, and if starlink allowed to have multiple of those dishes. Of course this depends on how many are in the community and how much you'd have to split the connection but a neat idea! I really love what you've done this could be a saving grace for some isolated smaller community's to have their own power grid with emergency backup from those diesels! Amazing work too the whole build looks very neat!

[@andrewoakeshott8931]

Just need Satellite Down link station right next to it...

[@verven999]

10:23 galvanized steel mentioned :D i was seeing lately the home renovation from the one and this is now meme

[@rtz549]

Mount that thing on a container trailer like they use at the ports and it will truly be mobile and portable. Weld in the lug blocks to your skid.

[@MMatte75]

Just a suggestion it you have overheating issue on the Genset you should hard duct the intake to the radiator the outlet air will rat race around the inside of the container and get sucked back into the intake side of radiator if there is a gap again also double check cfm requirements on radiator those louvres look very restrictive not the normal ones you would find on a generator housing from CAT or Cummings

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

One thing we didn't really show much is we have sections of the wood floor removed around the sides of the containment pans and at the back so there's more air movement but this is great info about air not actually escaping. We didn't know what the rads would look like until way after the doors were modified. I know what you mean and the client might tin bash a shroud around the rad yet to come up to the door. The net free air was calculated and the louvers are good. Those are pretty small units compared to the Cummins and Cat engines.

[@brotherjg]

Backyard genius - "Who do I see about taking my shipping container idea/invention and making a fully functioning high quality prototype?" KZbin - "There's a guy in Canada"

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Believe in yourself! You can do it. Ideas and inventions are no replacement for hard work.

[@brotherjg]

Glad to see your channel pass the 200k subs, well deserved. Do you offer a service that evaluates new shipping container-related ideas and, if they show promise, collaborate on prototype creation?

[@Lfs1891]

I like those frames, lift with forklift, but would make it nice if u have to sling it and use a crane.

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

The skids? Here's a full video on them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4vZqJhnoaZ2f7M

[@fengio]

Great project but it would be great to see an alternative to the spray foam, since it's not really environmentally friendly, not really recyclable and hard to separate at the end oft lifetime.

[@FlaxTheSeedOne]

If you have the diesels run in the Winter as it will probably happen, why not use their waste heat for heating the community? So having somehtinglike a heatexchanger with extra outlets for a seperate heating/cooling exit.

[@christianbureau6732]

Just WOW

[@bentheguru4986]

Not a bad build. Only thing I can see and suggest is loose the plywood on the floor. Wood eventuall rots and burns when in situations like this. Cement sheet is strong and fire proof. Genny rooms, don't be affraid to have a fire systems like CO2 deluge or even just fire-fighting ports.

[@theyyell4me]

just float an idea to you. love the heat pump idea but there is a cheaper way and save some energy. use the excess heat from the gen sets for heating. its a waste from the system anyway. why not use every Btu/Watt ?

[@clark05]

this is so freakn cool

[@Electronzap]

Very cool.

[@georgehewitt3516]

Is it possible to anchor a 10 x 10 shipping container to the ground for a tornado?Thanks

[@JamesSmith-jm4dv]

Great work, looks a really neat job you've done. Looking forward to seeing the all the internal hardware/electronics installed! Quick question - what gloves do you wear?

[@dantondurand9403]

Awesome set up, Do you sell the solar frame kit for the exterior? Do you have a link handy?

[@zodiacfml]

I criticized a smaller similar setup in the Victron youtube channel. I still think a fuel generator in such product is not optimal. if a customer really needs one, generator is best as a separate, stand-alone system or likely they already have one.

[@LouisSubearth]

These kinds of builds are usually for temporary and/or emergency power needs, having the redundancy of a diesel generator is always appreciated.

[@redcossack245]

Wow, congratulations on this awesome job.

[@csehszlovakze]

omg that's over 16 (metric) tons

[@hongyangjiang4976]

Nice planning, just curious the reason you pick 5G, is it because the data stream or you want to reduce the latency?

[@RakTheGoose]

im not an expert but wouldnt heat rise from the generators? making the floor vents useless?

[@andrewoakeshott8931]

Neat

[@ErikaMariaOrtizOramas]

I loved your work! Every time I watch your videos I am amazed by the new innovative ideas you have. I would like to know if you have sales for Mexico? To receive a quote, what email do you have? Congratulations for all this wonderful work!

[@Sandmonmsn]

If that container is going to be creating a ton of heat, for a remote site wouldnt it be an idea to scavange as much of that heat as possible for hot water even just to heat the buildings around it? I have no idea where this is going to be placed, it could be placed in the middle of nowhere. Then my musing is a stupid idea and ignore it.

[@Camz316]

Why don’t you allow customers order online and respond to emails or phone calls?

[@quevicular]

Where go to get prices on things??

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Email [e-mail]

[@jannahfirdausmediapro9621]

mini solar container for cybertruck/ev...........

[@nemesis851_]

I expect you’ve put in a security setup also, considering this would be “critical infrastructure” for the community. Don’t explain it on video. But motion cameras and a monitoring service in event of a motion inside and/or heartbeat 💓 uplink is lost

[@larochellet]

do you have the side door kits in development now?

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Not the type from this video, but we do have double doors and patio door kits on the way. - Video Team

[@BilboTBaggins]

So can i get this for my house

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Looks like we're designing one right now for a home in the mountains. Solar / wind / generator backup with a big battery bank.

[@PrograError]

Hopefully you guys did remember to add warning decals on the respective doors even tho it's for “private” use

[@ululazka6031]

Tolong di terjemahkan dg bahasa Indonesia

[@meyochannel5673]

Please Help me buy one unit aircond $420 ...help me..

[@syarizansulaiman6554]

Next year nuke battery 🔋🔋🔋 are sell open market, it will change way right now

[@Yaveren]

100k?$

[@GiovanniMarcos-fo7mo]

I cannot imagine how did they come up with a 1.8milliol USD pricetag

[@leagueofaram5716]

4:06 how to tell you are american

[@jeff5101]

All that to store less than $50 of electricity?

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

You'd be a great statistician. $50 per ____?? Currently costs the government over $7/kWh to service the community and they have to sell the power for $0.15/kWh

[@jeff5101]

@@TheContainerGuyTV $1.8 million/$50 per day = 98 years

[@anatolycorp.]

@@TheContainerGuyTV How much is the total cost of a container like this? 1) Hardware and + 2) Labor ?

[@ImezRuez]

Connecting the POWER to the internet seems like a great idea. Almost as good of an idea as connecting the internet to the steering, breaks and acceleration on a vehicle. What could go wrong? People are all sweet, law abiding folks.....

[@LouisSubearth]

A lot of power grids run some sort of networking setup for remote management and monitoring, as well as integrate safeguards to avoid easy hacking.

[@hillppari]

under 1000volts is not actually highvoltage

[@TheContainerGuyTV]

Would you lick 15-30 amps of 600v? 😝