Warwick Johnston, Managing Director SunWiz Consulting, August 2011

Most Sophisticated Solar System in Aus?

574 Panels, each 376W and 101kg Mounted 30m above the heads of 30,000 people 16 Inverters, 6 Temperature Monitors, Radiation Sensors, etc 270 Unique Angles Custom Panel Design 22000 man-hours, 9 months
SunWiz Market Insights: State Trends, Market Share, Large Scale

Winner: ATRAA Best Commercial PV System 2010

Challenges of Commercial Systems

Integrated Design Team
Architects, Engineers (Structural, Civil), Builders, Electricians, Glaziers (BIPV)

Coordination and Communication

other services

Planning
Test the process out

Adaptability Timelines (& weather) Guaranteed Output Safety & Training

SunWiz Solar Hot Spots: Target Solar Suburbs for Best Sales Results. INTERACTIVE

Specific Challenges
Timeframes Custom Panel Design
Cell Density, Efficiency, Layout relocating bypass diodes Wind Loading

Structural Steel Manuf. & Silicon Bite Glazing

Wiring routing & Engineering Calculations

Electrical Design
Light Towers

International Freight Logistics Assembly

Solar City (shelter from sun, dust, rain) Purpose built trailers and lifting jigs

SunWiz ClearView: STC Market Intel. Get a Better STC Price

Key Successes & Lessons Learned

Process Improvement:
Bringing Panels out early for test run Compliance testing in parallel

Adaptability:
moving location of pre-installation

Value of Design Simulation

Saving 14% c.f. higher power panels

Regular meetings, clear communications, honesty, proactive collaborative approach

SunWiz Solar Schools Strategies: Competitively quote to needs of remaining schools, listed. INTERACTIVE

Australias Most Sophisticated Design

Multi-functional PV system, architecturally designed to provide pleasing aesthetic, and shelter from sun and rain for patrons 580 panels with 290 unique azimuths Microinverters & Power Optimisers Each bay was unique in dimension 39 Curved Bays circumnavigating 75% of the football stadium oval. Unavoidable Shading 20% of the sites total energy consumption
SunWiz PV Sell: Compelling Financial Sales Pitch

Design Considerations
Design Objective:
Guaranteed Performance, with 270 different panel azimuths and 6 giant manmade trees

Design Constraint:
Fixed budget & architecture.

Value Engineering:
Intelligent Wiring & Modelling or Increase cell density by 14% == $$$ Microinverters unfortunately not

Design Approach:
Split Bays into half? Split Bays into thirds & wire bays into pairs.

Design Complexity:
Bays of 6, 14, 18 panels 2MPPT (unbalanced)
SunWiz & SolarBusinessServices Industry Forecast: Expertise to Plan by

Installation: Site Conditions

Custom Elements, Novel Techniques

Challenging situations

Aesthetic implications & practicalities

Cables

Outcome: (Winter) Performance

SunWiz Services
Large Scale Design, Project Management, Engineering Award Winning BIPV Ballarat University & TullaCalder Intelligent System Design fixed fee, fast turnaround for more than 200 systems and 10 clients in past 6 months Co-author CEC solar report Member: APVA, CEC, PV Directorate, AuSES, ISES, SEIA

Winner: ATRAA Best Commercial PV System 2010

Market Insights: Monthly PV Market Intel on trends, market share, system sizes Solar Hot Spots: Target Solar Suburbs, interactive ClearView: STC Market Intel trajectories, liabilities, trades, strategies Solar Schools Strategies, interactive (last weeks) PV Sell compelling sales tool Forecast (with SolarBusinessServices)

Thank You

Warwick Johnston - SunWiz warwick@sunwiz.com.au 0413 361 534