Modular power generation facilities using shipping container-based modules

A method of erecting a modular power generation facility, comprising:

• (a) producing a plurality of primary modules, wherein each primary module including a housing that is adapted from an intermodal shipping container having four posts, a pair of top side rails, a pair of bottom side rails, a front sill, a rear sill, a top front rail, and a top rear rail, all of which are connected together at the eight primary corners by shipping container corner castings, wherein each primary module includes an interior space at least partially enclosed by a top wall, a side wall, and wherein the primary modules include:
• (i) one or more gen-set modules, each having an engine-generator operatively installed in the interior thereof, and
• (ii) a switchgear module having switchgear operatively installed in the interior thereof;
• (b) shipping the plurality of primary modules, with the respective engine-generator or switchgear operatively installed therein, to an installation location;
• (c) at the installation location, positioning the primary modules, with the respective engine-generator or switchgear operatively installed therein, side by side in a row;
• (d) attaching the primary modules, with the respective engine-generator or switchgear operatively installed therein, to one another side by side in a row, thereby forming a substantially modular enclosure;
• (e) interconnecting the engine-generators of the one or more gen-set modules with the switchgear of the switchgear module;
• and
• (f) operating the engine-generators and the switchgear to provide electricity to a transformer connected to the switchgear in response to a power load demand.