The solar farm construction on site is now complete and the battery energy storage system (BESS) has completed manufacture and factory acceptance testing. The project has now entered its final phase which involves installing the BESS containers, primary and standby diesel generators and solar invertors at site ahead of site acceptance testing and commissioning.
Carnegie’s Managing Director, Dr Michael Ottaviano said,
“The Delamere microgrid project is exactly the sort of complex, high value project that EMC is uniquely positioned to deliver. Increasingly, off grid and fringe of grid customers are seeking a combination of cost effective, reliable and clean energy solutions that can now be achieved by these state of the art microgrids.”
“Projects of this size, with a contract value of $3-4 million, have put EMC on track to record revenues in the current half of the 2018 financial year.”
EMC was awarded a contract to design, construct and install a Microgrid System at the Delamere Air Weapons Range in the Northern Territory of Australia in a competitive tender process in 2017. This innovative solar, battery and diesel off-grid microgrid system will supply high penetration solar power to approximately 200kVA peak load and will deliver reliable, 24/7 power resulting in a 61% diesel consumption saving over a diesel only system.
Recent progress over the past months has included:
- Factory acceptance testing and factory witness testing successfully completed at EMC Belmont facilities in Perth. This involved the rigorous testing of the BESS containers, primary generators, solar invertors and microgrid control system
- Mobilisation of the BESS containers to the Delamere site
- Construction of the solar array at site completed
The project is on track for completion in Quarter 3 2018.
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