Off Grid in the Adelaide Hills
PROJECT NAME
Off Grid in the Adelaide Hills
SYSTEM TYPE / APPLICATION
Off-Grid – Complete System
LOCATION
Adelaide Hills (Peramangk Country), SA
INSTALLED
July 2019
KEY BRANDS
Selectronic, BYD, REC, Fronius
PROJECT DETAIL
Objective:
The customer had an old off grid system that needed replacing.
Site Considerations:
The customer would be removing the old off grid system, including the old panels and wind turbine, to make way for the new system. We would need to fit a new solar array to the existing ground mounted frames as well as adding a new ground mounted solar array.
Load Analysis:
Average summer demand: 23.88kWh
Average winter demand: 17.53kWh
Demand surge: 9.39kW
System Design:
- Selectronic SP Pro SPMC482 Inverter Charger
- BYD BBox LV Pro battery unit (41.4kWh)
- REC 320W solar modules (8.32kW)
- Fronius Primo 8.2 solar inverter
- Ground mounted solar array frames
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