Solar Sales Pty Ltd assisted in the design of the largest privately owned solar grid connect system in WA, which was commissioned in Carnarvon recently. Solar Sales supplied the equipment for the 16 kW “Carnarvon Solar Farm” to create an innovative and economically feasible investment opportunity. The design of the solar grid connect system was carefully tailored to optimize power generation and to minimize the payback period.

A 55% rebate for the customer was secured on the installed cost of the solar farm under the Renewable Remote Power Generation Program (RRPGP) as the system is displacing Diesel generation on the Carnarvon grid.

The system performance is exceeding design expectations and is currently generating over 100 kWh per day (winter) into the local grid.

Solar Sales Pty Ltd entered into a major contract with Rio Tinto subsidiary, Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd for the design, supply and installation of 7 telecommunications repeater sites, 50 wayside rail line sites and the company's pastoral station, Hamersley Station, which included 260 x 120w solar modules, 1 x 40kW sinewave inverter/charger, 1 x 40kva diesel generator back up and a bank of sealed 240vdc 2300ahr Gel batteries in an air conditioned 40ft insulated container.

In total 1,260 x 120w solar modules were supplied for the entire project.

This project was installed in the remote areas of South Australia by a major telecommunications provider to establish an emergency communications network for state government agencies such as the Fire, Police and Ambulance services having hand held and vehicular telephones when traveling in the vast desert areas of that state.

Solar Sales provided the 216 only 100 Watt solar modules.

Solar Sales was involved in the supply of solar panels for 16 solar/ diesel hybrid fibre optic telecommunication sites across the Nullarbor region of southern Australia.

Solar Sales provided 660 x 120 Watt solar modules, mounting frames, marshalling boxes and associated cabling.

Another project designed and supplied by Solar Sales and installed for a major telecommunication company was this project.

The products supplied for this fibre optic link across the Australian continent was as follows:

Solar Sales designed and supplied Invensys Energy Systems 18 only solar powered sites for their client, Nortel, for remote telecommunication sites across the desert area of southern Australia.

This project had the following components:

Solar Sales supplied solar panels and ground mounted array frames complete with stainless steel fixings to a major telecommunications company for a remote Aboriginal Community grid connect project.

This project had the following components supplied by Solar Sales:

It was a matter of "Do as I say, and as I do", when Solar Sales senior designer and sales engineer, Tamun Davidson, installed a 1.44kW solar grid tie system on his parents home in suburban Perth, Western Australia.

Assisted by other Solar Sales staff on a fine weekend, the system went up in no time. Though the grid connect scheme here in Australia is not as generous as in other countries with similar schemes, Tamun at least now speaks with 1st hand experience.

A radio repeater station was recently solar powered by Solar Sales, enabling their client, Hamersley Iron, not to have to install a diesel generator set as would have been done in the past.

The radio repeater is used for all the company's telecommunications in the area of their Paraburdoo mine site including traffic control and as such had to have a very high level of reliability.

The site had 20 x 120w solar modules installed along with a 48vdc Gel battery bank and all charge controllers and other balance of system components.

Nygah Nygah Aboriginal Community in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia rely on solar power and a remote area power system for the provision of the Communities power.

Prior to that, a diesel generator had been used to supply power but this proved unreliable and costly, particularly given the remoteness of the Community, delivery of fuel and maintenance of the old system.

With the abundance of sunshine in the area, the new solar power system is proving very popular.