Are you a rural Queenslander faced with excessive grid connection costs? Powermate is here to help you harness the power of the sun with our off-grid solar solutions, tailored just for you. Our comprehensive site assessment ensures your system is designed for maximum efficiency, and reliability. Here’s what you can expect.
Why Evaluate Your Energy Needs?
1. Understand Your Energy Patterns:
– We’ll deep dive into your energy usage utilising historical data such as electricity bills from previous properties and discuss any other information available. This ensures your off-grid system meets your unique daily and seasonal demands.
– With an accurate assessment supported by our own in house designed off-grid calculator, we strike the perfect balance, giving you the power you need without unnecessary costs.
2. Get the Right Size System:
– From solar panels to batteries and inverters, our assessment ensures every component is perfectly sized to meet your agreed energy needs.
– We’ll ensure your system handles all your appliances and devices, delivering a reliable power supply, even during cloudy days.
Maximising Sunlight for Optimal Performance
1. Solar Resource Assessment:
– Where possible, we ensure panels are placed facing optimal sunlight, considering seasonal changes and potential shading from trees or buildings.
2. Perfect Panel Placement:
– In the southern hemisphere, your panels should face north at an optimal tilt. In some situations we make sure they’re positioned in the best possible direction to capture the most sunlight and avoid shading.
– Our thorough assessment ensures your panels are placed for peak performance, maximising your energy production and savings.
Optimal Panel Placement: Roof or Ground?
1. Evaluate Roof and Ground Conditions:
– While roof mount solar panels are more cost effective, sometimes optimal angles and directions cannot be achieved. This is where ground mount frames may be used as an alternative. Whether it’s your roof or ground, we assess the site for stability and suitability for the desired installation.
– This means your installation will be safe, stable, and efficient.
2. Conduct a Shading Analysis:
– We identify any potential obstacles casting shadows on your panels and often use 3D modelling to predict shading patterns where required
– This ensures your panels are placed in the best spots, minimising shade and maximising power output.
3. Consider Environmental Factors:
– We take into account local weather patterns, including sunlight hours and cloud cover. This influences the design and durability of your system.
– Our goal is to design a system that thrives under all weather conditions, ensuring you stay powered up.
Steps to Your Perfect Off-Grid System
1. Initial Consultation:
– We start by understanding your energy needs, property details, and any existing renewable systems you may have had in the past or present. We assist in reviewing and planning your desired loads and consumption patterns for a clear picture on design requirements
2. Site Visit:
– If required, our off-grid experts will visit your property to inspect installation conditions, conduct a shading analysis, measure the available space for solar panels and assess any other conditions that may affect the installation and design.
3. Data Collection:
– Using specialist design and 3D modelling software, and satellite imagery, we collect detailed data on sunlight availability and shading.
4. Custom System Design:
– Based on the data, we design an off-grid power system tailored to your needs, including the optimal number and placement of panels, battery capacity, and other components.
5. Detailed Estimate and Recommendations:
– Following all other steps above we will then provide a comprehensive estimate summarising our design, equipment list, system specifications and costing to match in with your design and budget.
Quality You Can Trust
At Powermate, we partner with world class manufacturers to provide you with the best components for your off-grid solar system to handle our Aussie conditions. Our trusted brands include:
- Selectronic
- Fronius
- Victron Energy
- Power Plus
- AERL
- Fimer
- Phono
- REC
- Jinko
With these high-quality components, you can trust that your solar installation will be reliable, durable, and efficient.
Explore Our Solutions
– Off-Grid Solar Design & Installation: Reliable, sustainable power solutions tailored for rural Queensland.
– Off-Grid System Upgrades: Ensure maximum efficiency and savings with our expert upgrades.
– Battery Storage: Reliable energy storage to keep you powered up, day and night.
– Off-Grid Maintenance: Keep your off-grid system running smoothly.
– Solar Reports: Tailored reports to help you optimise your energy usage.
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By choosing Powermate, you’re not just getting an off-grid solar system; you’re gaining a partner committed to your energy independence and sustainability. Let’s make your off-grid dreams a reality! Visit Powermate.com.au today.
