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Business View Australia - November-December 2015 167

system in the Kandiwal Aboriginal

Community, deep in the heart of the

Kimberley.

Prior to installation of the solar power

system, the 40-member community

was dependent upon a diesel

generator for its electricity needs.

This resulted in pollution in the area

and in addition, entailed high running

costs. Frequent maintenance was also

required. Although the community had

a solar power system, which had been

installed in 2006, its capacity was too

small to meet the community’s growing

needs.

The Solarmatrix team installed

152 solar panels and a cyclone-

rated mounting frame in addition

to constructing a dedicated shed to

house 144 batteries. The resultant

solar energy generated will meet the

complete needs of the community and

the diesel generator will serve as a

backup source of power.

The project utilised 250 W solar

panels manufactured by SolarWorld

and SMA Sunny Island inverters and

Sunny Tripower inverters in addition to

batteries made by Sonnenschein.

Other Projects

Describing the range of work

undertaken by Solarmatrix, Durmus

Yildiz says, “We are working with a

client on a job near Uluru, which is a

resort where we are providing some

components to a 1.6 MW installation.

It is probably one of the largest projects

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