{"id":30995,"date":"2019-06-11T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T21:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=30995"},"modified":"2019-06-11T08:02:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T21:32:33","slug":"off-grid-solar-factory-mb1090","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/off-grid-solar-factory-mb1090\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Take A Factory Off-Grid With Solar And Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"How to take factories off grid\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfJQ8RHXSLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock chats with Glen Morris from SolarQuip about an interesting project involving taking a small factory off-grid with solar and storage using a very clever approach.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/solarquip.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SolarQuip<\/a> has been involved in a few &#8220;grid defector&#8221; projects over the past 4-5 years. Mr. Morris says people who leave the grid are often doing it for ideological reasons, but never for economic ones.<\/p>\n<p>The commercial property job evolved out of SolarQuip upgrading a residential system. That customer left the grid and liked it so much he thought he&#8217;d do the same with his small factory.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t heavy industry by any means &#8211; daily consumption at the factory is around 96 kilowatt-hours a day and SolarQuip has sized a system to take it off-grid based on the factory&#8217;s very reliable load. However, there is still a safety net &#8211; the customer is\u00a0 not turning off his mains supply completely and there is a changeover switch.<\/p>\n<h2>The Rectifier Workaround<\/h2>\n<p>The project has an option for installation of generator backup, but also using the legacy grid via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rectifier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rectifiers<\/a> that could be utilised to recharge the batteries in a worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Was it hard to convince the grid [operator] that it wouldn&#8217;t be interactive &#8211; that it wouldn&#8217;t feed power back into the grid, and to treat you differently?&#8221; asked Finn regarding the use of rectifiers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems it&#8217;s a non-issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Frankly, we don&#8217;t even have to ask them,&#8221; said Glen. &#8220;If you install a new air conditioner in your office, you don&#8217;t have to ask the grid operator is it OK for me to put in an air conditioner. Well, a rectifier is a load.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>&#8220;Death Spiral Accelerator&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The term &#8220;death spiral&#8221; was coined in relation to grid defection leading to a point where <span class=\"st\">utilities discover price increases to be ineffective in raising sufficient revenue to cover their total costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Morris quips this type of system is a &#8220;death spiral accelerator&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It makes it possible to start to move away from the grid and use it more and more as a legacy [system].&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This type of arrangement can also be valuable where energy security is a significant concern &#8211; not just in terms of relying on renewables, but also the potential of grid events interrupting supply.<\/p>\n<p>The batteries used for the system are a sealed lead acid (SLA) GCS model from China, a brand Glen professes to know little about as they were supplied by the customer and are not covered under warranty related to the work.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would recommend sealed lead acid for the application, Glen said probably not. 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