Enesol developed an innovative approach to deliver free hot water to residents of a new social housing precinct through a communal solar system and shared energy efficient heat pumps. This was the result of preparing a Feasibility Study and Options Paper for Innovative Solar Sharing for LAHC. This report recognised the need to explore cost effective solutions to allow social housing residents and LAHC to benefit from shared solar energy, and examined the technical, regulatory and business models for 16 solar share options.

Enesol created the content for the 36 page Step by Step Guide – Commercial Solar Explained that LG published to support its dealers in the commercial solar space.

This handbook explains in quite some detail the process to get a commercial solar system for small, medium and large scale businesses. It explains the various stages in the procurement and installation process, system requirements, different types of modelling, finance options, panel and inverter choices, compliance, approvals and certificates, as well as the operation, monitoring and maintenance requirements.

Irrespective of the LG branding, this guide is the most comprehensive guide to commercial solar in Australia

Innovative concept, detailed design, procurement, project management and application creation for successful NSW government grant funding for this smart solution to increase the capacity constrained grid supply via smart controls and a battery system to enable a regional school to install much needed air conditioning. This project has been celebrated as a success by all stakeholders, including the NSW Government, the school, its teachers, children and parents.

Detailed site scoping, feasibility assessment with financial analysis, including the detailed modelling and financial viability analysis of battery storage and detailed sizing of 20 potential solar systems at various council sites including caravan parks, libraries, pools, depots, as well as at large water and sewerage sites, for behind the meter solar and battery. This cumulated in the creation of detailed technical and commercial specification for procurement.

Procurement and program management of the bulk deployment of over 800 solar power systems and over 600 other energy efficiency measures including ceiling insulation, LED lights and heat pump hot water systems for the community housing sector. This project undertaken for the largest Community housing provider in NSW, St George Community Housing, was the first rollout of the NSW state government’s Home Energy Action Program, with the aim of assisting low income households to reduce their energy bills and increase comfort.

Creation of a complete document pack for the procurement of the 72 MW solar farm at Emerald for global developer RES which saw us embedding our team into RES to collaborate with the various team members to achieve an all-encompassing document pack. The RFT docs received great praise from RES and the tenderers for clarity and structure. We then managed the tender process and assessed the responses.

Assess warranty claims and performance data for one of the highest quality global solar panel manufacturers to ascertain claimed solar panel issues. Create specific testing procedures for specific issues to enable safe and relevant testing onsite by the installer.

Assess testing results and provide feedback.

Sizing, engineering, performance assessment and management of the procurement process of a commercial new solar battery hybrid power system to supply electricity sustainably to a new residential aged care village and medical centre. Including heatpumps for space heating,  private electricity metering at the dwelling level, new electric connection to the distribution network, energy hub building to house the batteries and electrical and control system infrastructure and a carport mounted central solar system.

Data analysis and assessment of all solar inverters operating on the National Electricity Market (NEM), determination of frequency and voltage trip points for all inverter models, summarising and reporting on capacity levels and trip points.

Team UOW’s winning entry in the Solar Decathlon China, 2013. The house is an award winning example of energy efficiency retro-fitting.  In 2015 an Energy Storage System scope and RFP was developed to take the project to the market for competitive procurement.

Engineering, resource and performance assessment and writing of the technical, engineering and solar resource sections of the successful funding submission for BP Solar for the 150MW solar PV power station under the Federal Government Solar Flagship Program, with a project value just under $1 Billion.

Project management and client liason for the delivery of a complex, multi-contractor project with complicated OHS requirements.  The project was a finalist in the CEC awards in 2014

Upgrade of the then defunct Kings Canyon Solar Power Station in remote central Australia, design of new inverter system and components, procurement, installation and commissioning of two 125kW central solar inverters with distributed MPPT combiner systems. The project received great praise from the utility customer, Power Water Corp.

Supply chain, product advice and strategic relationship management from 2006 to 2013 to enable Ergon Energy to deliver over 1MW of solar power of residential and commercial solar systems.

Resource and energy assessment, design of the new wind diesel control system concept, engineering of the new system, and onsite supervision and undertaking of the installation and commissioning of a sophisticated large off-grid hybrid wind diesel heat and power remote area power system with extreme climatic, technical and logistical challenges at Mawson Station, Antarctica.

Resource assessment, design and project management of various commercial solar PV systems for a range of customers, grid connected as well as off grid, fixed roof top and double axis tracking installations, including the award winning Mylestom Bowling Club 60kW PV system (finalist CEC Awards 2013)

Design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management of the complete new greenfield, turnkey, micro-grid hybrid wind diesel power station development in Bremer Bay, WA, including installation of a large Enercon E-40 wind turbine generator (600kW) and four new sophisticated low load diesel generators (total 1.2MW), advanced high penetration control system, civil works, switch boards, buildings, fuel tanks  and all associated works with a safe, on-time and below budget outcome. The EPC project was a great success in many aspects.

Commercialisation of concentrated solar dish power stations by applying innovation in design, optimisation of functionality and minimisation of installation, service and O&M requirements of a new concentrated PV dish product. This meant executing a wide and diverse program of multiple parallel projects requiring integration and resourcing across all engineering disciplines and company departments and of many external contractors and consultants.

Already in 1994 we were pat of the design and project delivery team for a 800kW, 500kWh battery storage system for the mining industry to enable the provision of startup capacity and spinning reserve for large mining loads through a large containerised lead acid battery system coupled with intelligent demand side management and sophisticated diesel generator control.

Working for BP Solar on conceptual and detailed design and customer negotiations for the proposed 10MW solar farm near Geraldton in WA for Verve Energy.

Design, establishment and undertaking of preventative maintenance service work for Australia’s first central solar inverters (2 of 500kW each).