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"Colac farmer Peter Mulheron could put his new 105 kilowatt (kW) solar system
in a different paddock if he feels like it, or pack it up and sell it if he
decides to retire, or just leave it where it is and bask in the glow of the
$20,000 he’s about to save on electricity costs.
The new system is one of the first to be installed commercially in Australia by
Melbourne-based Phnxx, a set up that arrives in a container and unfolds
concertina-like to replace either diesel generators or, as in Mulheron’s case,
grid power.
“We had the pilot program installed and that ran part of the farm for four
months, so we’ve done our calculations on that and we think it’ll provide 80
per cent of our power over the 12 month period,” Mulheron told
Renew Economy.
“In the summer we’ll have excess that we’ll feed back into the grid [during the
day].”
The 105 kW solar and 240 kilowatt hour (kWh) battery project, in Victoria, is
to power Mulheron’s early morning and late night 220-cow dairy operation, and
uses Phnxx’s new portable micro-grid concept.
The idea, developed three years ago, is designed to be set up within hours and
be easily moved to a new paddock, a new construction site, or a new owner, says
Phnxx COO Wei-Chi Lee.
“If you were to do that the normal way, mounting panels on roofs and installing
a battery in a shed, it would probably take about two weeks. We set up the
system on Peter’s farm in a day,” he told
Renew Economy."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
