{"id":32931,"date":"2019-08-23T06:45:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=32931"},"modified":"2022-11-29T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:50:58","slug":"sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\/","title":{"rendered":"Folding Solar Panel Arrays For Huge Australian PV Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar.jpg\" alt=\"5B Maverick folding solar\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s 5B confirmed yesterday its Maverick system has been selected as the preferred technology for Sun Cable\u2019s 10GW solar farm.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sun Cable&#8217;s proposed Australia-Singapore Power Link is a $20 billion project to be constructed at a site near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory that will also incorporate a 20-30 GWh battery storage facility. The project, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\/\">gained Major Project Status last month<\/a>, will export electricity to Singapore via a 3,750 kilometre undersea HVDC cable.<\/p>\n<p>5B is the manufacturer of Maverick; a modular, pre-fabricated solar panel and racking solution including ballast shipped in &#8220;blocks&#8221; weighing 2.6 and 5.6 tonnes (15.2kWp and 34.2kWp).\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a look at how the 5B Maverick system works.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"5B Maverick - safe, fast to deploy, powerful, cost effective\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBRBZ6j8im4?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>5B claims Maverick can cut time on-site by 50 to 90% compared to traditional solar farm construction. As for the brand of panels used in Maverick, <a href=\"https:\/\/5b.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5B&#8217;s web site<\/a> mentions it has warranty coverage from JinkoSolar and Hanwha Q-Cells, but is also in the process of getting additional manufacturers on board.<\/p>\n<p>One of 5B&#8217;s recent Maverick projects was a 2.12MW solar farm at Santos\u2019 Port Bonython processing plant in South Australia. The company says the installation took 25 days with a team of 3.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Big Field Maverick&#8221; For ASPL<\/h2>\n<p>For Sun Cable&#8217;s project, 5B says it will use a variant called Big Field Maverick, or BFM, which has been designed for mega- and giga-scale solar energy projects. How BFM differs wasn&#8217;t detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Sun Cable appears very confident the company will deliver.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe construction related logistical challenges are extensive,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaker.com.au\/news\/375429\/5b-selected-as-preferred-technology-for-sun-cables-worldfirst-10gw-solar-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> said<\/a> Sun Cable CEO David Griffin. &#8220;5B\u2019s centrally pre-fabricated and rapidly deployed Maverick solution, provides the simplest and lowest risk means to manage a project of this scale, especially in the remote Australian Outback.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Australia-Singapore Power Link is scheduled to start generating electricity from late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The BFM blocks for Sun Cable will make their way from Darwin and Adelaide via the Darwin-Adelaide railway line, with a train delivering the solar panels every few days to be more than a kilometre long. 5B expects the BFMs will be deployed at the cracking pace of more than 100 blocks, or 15MWp, per day. For a 10GW project that works out to around 667 days to fully deploy the panels at the site &#8211; but no doubt there will be some interruptions due to weather and other factors. Regardless, 5B says it will set a new &#8220;solar farm delivery land-speed record.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The project will certainly give 5B&#8217;s tally of 10MW installed capacity to date a massive boost. On a much smaller scale, the firm is also a contender for a 4.9MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/south-fremantle-solar-mb1135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urban solar farm<\/a> in the Perth suburb of South Fremantle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s 5B confirmed yesterday its Maverick system has been selected as the preferred technology for Sun Cable\u2019s 10GW solar farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":32932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Folding Solar Panel Arrays For Huge Australian PV Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australia&#039;s 5B confirmed yesterday its Maverick system has been selected as the preferred technology for Sun Cable\u2019s 10GW solar farm.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Folding Solar Panel Arrays For Huge Australian PV Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australia&#039;s 5B confirmed yesterday its Maverick system has been selected as the preferred technology for Sun Cable\u2019s 10GW solar farm.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-22T20:15:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-29T00:50:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5b-folding-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Folding Solar Panel Arrays For Huge Australian PV Project\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-22T20:15:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-29T00:50:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/5b-folding-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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