solar energy transformation program - setup

Solar Energy Transformation Program - SETuP

Isolated Power Systems Connect Conference November 2017

Status and Learnings to DateProgram ScopeCurrent StatusLearnings:- Land- Community Engagement- Solar array construction- Costs - Actual diesel savingsContacts for more

• Indigenous Essential Services • 72 communities • 50+ isolated diesel power stations• Highly subsidised environment

SETuP: • ~ 30 medium pen. diesel-PV hybrid installs

9MW• 1 high pen. 1MW PV and ESS (battery) install• Knowledge sharing trials

• ARENA Funding Agreement $27.5M• NTG treasury loans $27.5M

• Photos of clearing and fencing / rangers on leases

LEARNINGS

Program Costs - $/Watt

0.230.17

0.43

0.74

0.86

3.48

Daly River ESS

Engagement & Knowledge Sharing

Leases and Civil

PWC Balance of System

Program Admin and Project Team

EPC Contracts

0 120 240 360 480 600 720

Pirlangimpi

Gapuwiyak

Minjilang

Milikapiti

Umbakumba

Warruwi

Galiwinku

Ngukurr

Maningrida

Titjikala

Arlparra

Kintore

Nyirripi

Number of Days from Lease Submission to Lease Execution by Land CouncilCLC Awarded

NLC Awarded

EDTL on-going

TLC on-going

CLC on-going

NLC on-going

$-

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Civils cost vs kW

<9 months

All year

Island

EPC Costs

PV Modules (Panels)

EPC Balance of System

Framing, Structural and Footings

Inverters

Mobilisation and Demobilisation

Transport and freight

EPC Design

• Dual row portrait

• Two pole frame

• Distribution boards?

• Footings: Screw, micropile, other?

EPC Construction

• Logistics

• Remoteness

• “One washer short”

• Plant failure

EPC (ctd)

• Separate civil and electrical teams

• Retention of trained labour

• Accommodation

• Catering

Commissioning

• Logistics, Remoteness, Accommodation!

• Scheduling with EPC contractor

• Single points of failure

• Cluster controller

• Earth currents

Tranche 1 Performance – August to October 2017

CommunityPV DC

capacityActual PV

production Diesel generation % solar

sun hours (kWh/ kWp/

day)Avg load

(kW)avg load vs. PV capacity low load

Maningrida 800 309,809 1,968,355 13.6% 4.2 1032 129% 40%

Ramingining 500 185,804 640,821 22.5% 4.0 374 75% 10%

Yuendumu 500 141,941 1,097,903 11.4% 3.1 562 112% 50%

Lajamanu 400 104,247 633,769 14.1% 2.8 334 84% 10%

Arlparra 400 132,335 690,964 16.1% 3.6 373 93% 10%

Kintore 225 73,080 359,194 16.9% 3.5 196 87% 10%

Nyirripi 200 24,373 205,317 10.6% 1.3 104 52% 30%

Areyonga 100 23,912 221,597 9.7% 2.6 111 111% 10%

Docker River 100 39,429 319,674 11.0% 4.3 163 163% 40%

Mt Liebig 50 19,540 158,451 11.0% 4.2 81 161% 20%

TOTAL 3,275 1,054,470 6,296,045 14.3% 3.5 3329 102%

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Contact us:

Andrew Gray EPC (08) 898 57198Dow Airen ESS and modelling 0429 511 067 Phil Maker Controls (08) 892 45161 Jeff Adams Electrical (08) 892 45608 Chantal Bramley Engagement (08) 892 45253Dennis Ryan Low Load Diesel (08) 892 45315 Sam Latz Program, Funders 0408 752 596