The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) was established in 1903, and throughout its long history, the organisation has maintained its position as a respected Victorian icon.
Situated on 10 hectares of meticulously landscaped grounds, RACV Cobram Resort accommodation offers apartments, self-contained cabins and a 4.5–star caravan park.
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Project overview
Location
Cobram, Victoria
System Size
20.3 kW
Estimated Annual Production
31.342 MWh
Solar Panels
78 x REC 260 PE SLV
Solar Inverter
2 x SMA STP10000TL
Mounting System
SunLock
Installation Date
January 2014
An Energy Matters-designed 20.3 kW solar power system was installed at RACV Cobram Resort in early 2014.
Along with REC solar panels, SMA inverters, and Australian-made SunLock mounting systems (produced by Energy Matters’ sister company, Apollo Energy), the system included a Solar-Log monitoring solution.
Solar Log not only displayed system performance in real time and in daily, monthly, annual, and total overviews, but also helped optimise a commercial solar array to keep it producing at its best. By analysing actual system performance against expected output and using inverter data logging, potential performance issues can be identified before they happen.
The system was performing above expectations, as shown by this Solar Log graph.
As with all our commercial projects, Energy Matters handled all required applications and paperwork (Grid Connection Application, Electrical Works Request, Certificate of Electrical Safety, Solar Connections Form, etc.) to minimise the lead time to connection and power generation.
“RACV has been assessing the value of solar for a number of years, and we are delighted that they have decided to purchase a high-quality system with REC panels and SMA inverters,” says Nick Brass, co-founder of Energy Matters.
“RACV has been assessing the value of solar for a number of years, and we are delighted that they have decided to purchase a high-quality system with REC panels and SMA inverters,” says Nick Brass, co-founder of Energy Matters.
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