Solar Farm

Sunrise provides energy under a build, own, operate model to Image Resources in a PPA for the offtake from the solar farm. The asset owner is Climate Capital. The “behind the meter” system was commissioned in September 2020 and consists of Longi solar panels, a Nextracker single axis tracking system to ensure optimal performance and an SMA inverter/transformer.

The 3 MW solar farm is constructed in 3 arrays each of around ~1 MW, all connected to a single 2.5 MVA SMA inverter/transformer. The powerline connecting the solar farm to the connection point container is around 1.9 km and must traverse 2 gas pipelines and abide by environmental constraints (avoiding TEC vegetation) as well as going under the main mine access road.

The project was delivered on time and on budget within the constraints and challenges created by the Covid19 pandemic, including impacts to logistics and construction operating protocols.

Peel Business Park: Microgrid with 1.2MWp Solar Farm & 1MW / 2 MWh BESS

The Peel Business Park in Nambeelup is a strategically located industrial estate designed with a focus on agri-innovation and sustainability. This project is our first joint development with Peel Renewable Energy (PRE) and Synergy – a consortium established to build, own and operate the industrial park’s embedded network/microgrid for Development WA.

The initial ground mounted 1.2MWp Solar Farm, 1MW/2.5MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and smart sub-station for the renewable energy microgrid operates “behind the meter” and is scalable as energy demand within the park grows. This Australian first renewable energy industrial microgrid now supplies customers at the Peel Business Park with safe, reliable and renewable power at a meaningful cost saving to regulated electricity tariffs.

Using high efficiency Longi mono-PERC bifacial solar PV panels, a Nextracker single axis tracking system, FIMER skid mounted inverters and transformer and a SAFT BESS, we are providing a renewable solution that can be expanded upon utilizing additional warehouse rooftop mounted solar arrays as the park grows.

The smart substation was energised in August 2020, the solar farm was installed in late 2020 and the BESS was installed in February 2021. The system was commissioned and energised in March 2021. The project was delivered on time and on budget within the constraints and challenges created by the Covid19 pandemic, including impacts to logistics and construction operating protocols.

Zenith Energy acquired PRE and now have two more Microgrid projects in Ocean Reef and Eglington with Sunrise providing project management and technical advisory services for these.

Testimonials

Working with Sunrise and their partners for delivery of a 3MW Solar Farm at Boonanarring was a positive experience. They demonstrated not only a deep knowledge of renewable energy systems but were focussed on understanding our needs as a company and making sure they focussed on how these could best be served. Our satisfaction with the work done by Sunrise and their partners has led to an on-going relationship with Sunrise and they are our first point of call when seeking advice and solutions around renewable energy based projects.

- Image Resources - Customer of the Boonanarring 3MW Solar Farm

Todd Colton ,

Chief Operating Officer

Sunrise Energy Group (Sunrise) and it’s partners (Avora Energy and Jarrah Solutions) were instrumental to the development of the Peel Industrial Renewable Energy Microgrid. They took on the lead roles of design, project management and construction of key components of this first-of-its-kind microgrid, notably with regards to the embedded generation and storage assets, the control and protection scheme and obtaining the approvals to operate and connection to the SWIS grid. Sunrise’s involvement demonstrated and highlighted their ability to navigate the complex landscape of regulations, network connections and operating licences in the WA market and was crucial to making the Peel Industrial Renewable Energy microgrid both a reality and ongoing success.

- Peel Renewable Energy (Zenith Energy) customer of the Peel Industrial Park Microgrid.

Rob Breden ,

General Manager

In delivering an off-grid renewable power system at our facility located in the South-West, Sunrise Energy Group and their partners proved to be a very capable, proactive and trustworthy supplier. The excellent performance of our system made it easy to select Sunrise as our partner of choice for delivery of similar systems at other properties and has also resulted in an ongoing relationship with Sunrise as we collaborate on other renewable energy based endeavours

- AMB Holdings - customer of the Wildwood Estate and Koobeja off-grid power systems.

Kane Williamson ,

Head of Property