Fluid Solar House Adelaide

Grid connected solar battery aka hybrid systems these have solar panels a battery a hybrid inverter or possibly multiple inverters plus a connection to the main electricity grid.

Fluid solar house adelaide.

Fluid solar s managing director roger davies at the company s adelaide headquarters which has just cut itself from the electricity grid. The solar panels supply power during the day and the home generally uses the solar power first using any excess to charge the battery. Aug 28 renewables now fluid solar an australian innovative building technology firm has severed its new head office in adelaide south australia from the state s troubled grid. Fluid solar house is a 4 storey office complex in metropolitan adelaide.

Fluid solar house opposite lyell mcewin hospital designer. The 8 million fluid solar headquarters in adelaide s northern suburbs contains more than two megawatt hours mwh of energy storage capacity comprising about 90 per cent thermal storage with the remaining 10 per cent provided by conventional battery storage. Since april fluid solar house has operated free of the electricity grid saving more than 28 000 in power bills. System comprises of 100kwp of pv solar and 192kwh of total storage.

It is a completely off grid concept building providing workspaces for start ups and medical businesses. Fluid solar house is located less than 1 kilometre from the general motors holden car factory at elizabeth which is scheduled to close on october 20 after decades of manufacturing. Roger davies in front of fluid solar house breakthrough building technology company fluid solar today cuts the power cord for fluid solar house its new 8 million head office in adelaide which has run all winter on renewable energy independent of sa s troubled power grid using a world first design that cuts construction costs and slashes energy consumption. Davies proposal sounds promising as the technology is already proven using the company s own office and can even be retrofitted onto old buildings in adelaide.

Harrold and kite secon consulting engineers pty ltd. Victron energy quattro 48 10000 battery inverters. We were lucky enough to be involved with this exciting new solar thermal building located directly opposite the lyell mcewin hospital at elizabeth vale. The building s heating cooling and lighting system has now operated for more than 2 years.