AM Solar - Projects

Monday, June 9, 2014

60kW Roof-Top PV System - Midrand

Watch the short video of the full installation..

PV System design, supply, Installation by AM Solar.
O&M also by AM Solar.
Live Monitoring by AM Solar via SolarLog.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

New Bustruck Factory (Midrand) - Roof-Top, Grid-Tied PV System

A 53 kW Grid-Tied Photovoltaic (PV) system installed on the roof of the new factory building.

Using the Solar Frontier (SF150) panels, which are Thin-Film (CIS) and the Kaco TL3 60.0 Inverter.

System design, supply and installation by AM Solar.

A Grid-Tied system supplements the grid supply where the primary electricity feed to the building will come from the solar system and the balance (if required) will come from the grid.
Any excess energy form the solar system is sold to the local Grid owner, in this case the municipality of Ekhuraleni, Johannesburg.

Contact AM Solar for more information: info@amsolar.co.za

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Home Power System - Kensington, JHB

A neat Home Power System designed and installed by AM Solar.
Using Solarworld Photovoltaic panels (245W), Victron Inverters, Outback Contollers and Victron Batteries.
The intention of the client is to grow this system into an Off-Grid system.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Off-Grid School - Large Solar PV System - Benoni, JHB

This project was designed and installed by AM Solar. The system is now fully commissioned and functioning.
The school is Woodlands International School in Impala Park, Benoni.
System configuration is Grid-Tied between PV Panels and School load but is completely Off-Grid, thus there is no Eskom Connection. The school is completely independent of the National Grid and 100% self-dependent for all their own power.
Coupled with intelligent Building Design (using passive principles), Low-Energy Lighting and a Building Automation System (managing priority loads and occupation based load requirements).

The school is very sustainable in it;s overall energy demands and is NET-ZERO Energy!!

PV Array - 46 x 240W Trinasolar Photovoltaic Panels

3 x 8kva Victron Quattro Inverters (3-Phase) with 3 x Sunnyboy PV Grid Inverters.

Happy Client with his new batteries (above) with Alastair (from AM Solar) programming the system. Happy kids at the school that is 100% Solar Powered.

PROJECT FINANCIALS:

PAYBACK PERIOD:                     2.6 Years
OPERATIONAL SAVINGS:          R1.6 Million (after payback over 5 years)
PROJECT CAPITAL:                     R728 000 (incl VAT)
RENTAL PAYMENT:                    R18 340 per Month (for 5 years)
EXPECTED ESKOM BILL:           R30 000 - R40 000 per Month.
IMMEDIATE SAVINGS: R11 660 - R21 660 (per Month)

Contact AM Solar - Professional Energy Solutions, for more information.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Update on Off-Grid School Project - Benoni, JHB

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Does a Solar Power (PV or Wind) make Financial Sense?

Is it worth the investment?
Consider the following....!!

We doubt there are many investment opportunities in the world that offer such attractive returns..... [read on]

So here it is, a Commercial Size project:

Project Capital: R700 000.00 (this is a large commercial project)

Monthly Electricity Bill: R 20 000.00 (Average)

Annual Electricity Bill: R240 000.00 (Average)

(incl 15% electricity increase for 5 years)...

PAY BACK PERIOD: 31.6 Months or 2.6 Years

Operational SAVINGS over 5 years: R1 584 897.23 (R1.58 Million)

Note: This is an actual commercial scale project, designed and installed by AM Solar (2012).

Typical Residential Size project:

Notes: This is an actual residential scale project, designed and installed by AM Solar (2012).
This time scale (15 years +) includes Battery replacement at 12 years.
Average electricity cost increase of around 6% per year.

Contact AM Solar for more information. info@amsolar.co.za
www.amsolar.co.za