Approach:
Some details of this project are confidential.
Working closely with the Department of Defence TEC-C is responsible for the design, supply and construction of solar photovoltaic systems at Beecroft Weapons Range on the Beecroft Peninsula.
The solution had to fit all technical and budget requirements, working in both greenfield and brownfield construction environments, including all associated civil, structural and electrical works and two years of operation and maintenance to meet demanding performance guarantees.
Additional details are confidential, only publicly available information can be shared. This project will be completed in November 2021.
Key features:
- Supply and installation of multiple new diesel generators to replace existing ones, including steppable load banks
- Multiple fixed tilt ground mounted solar farms
- Automated control system to seamlessly manage integrated solar PV generation with panels and solar inverters
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with inverter-chargers and diesel generators to meet highly variable site load conditions
- Custom sea container fire-rated switch room
- Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) and targeted flora & fauna surveys at both sites in environmentally and culturally sensitive locations
- Heritage compliant solution at the historic Point Perpendicular Lighthouse – built in 1889