Flinders Island - Remote Area Power System (RAPS) - Ground Mounted Solar Panels

Project Goals

Design, supply and install a stand alone power system to suit load requirements of 9.8 kW hours per day.

Details

• Ground-mounted photovoltaic array (to avoid local high wind-loading) consisting of 16 x 160W Schott Solar PV panels.
• 24 x 1750Ah Battery Energy Sun-Gel batteries.
• Selectronic PS1 6/48 Inverter/Charger.
• Auto-start ACP-100 Powerguard fitted to Quietline generator.
• Complete system documentation including maintenance schedule and log sheets.

Results

Expected renewable energy supply:

• 3.035 Mega Watt hours per annum

Expected diesel energy required:

• 764.5 kW hours per annum