Queensland home sets Redflow residential record

  • Location: Near Wallumbilla, 40km east of Roma, Queensland
  • Storage: 6 x 10 kWh ZCell batteries www.zcell.com
  • Inverters: 2 x Victron Quattro 48/10000/140-100/100 inverter/chargers

When Scott and Breeann Bates built a new house on their Queensland cattle and grain property near Wallumbilla, they chose a ZCell-based energy storage system to give them independence from the power grid and freedom from having to pay electricity bills. Their six-battery system – the 60 kilowatt-hour energy storage system is Redflow’s largest ZCell residential deployment in Australia – ensures complete off-grid operation for their home, which is 2.7 kilometres from mains power. Continue reading “Queensland home sets Redflow residential record” →

Victorian couple live off-grid dream with Redflow

  • Location: Glenlyon, Victoria
  • Storage: 2 x ZCells, with 20 kilowatt-hours (kWh) storage capacity www.zcell.com
  • Inverter: Victron MultiPlus 48/5000/70 battery inverter/charger

Sound engineer Adrian Shand and his partner live in an old central Victorian stone cottage that is completely off the grid. Using two ZCell zinc-bromine flow batteries, powered by 21 PV solar panels, the Redflow-based energy storage system allows the couple to maintain a “city lifestyle” in the country, without “calorie counting” their energy use. The ZCells, which store a total of 20 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy, can charge fully in just four hours on a sunny day. ZCells also deliver consistently clean power that does not interfere with Adrian’s musical equipment. Continue reading “Victorian couple live off-grid dream with Redflow” →

Bosco beats power cuts with Redflow batteries

  • Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
  • ZBM2 installation partner: Specialized Solar Systems http://www.specializedsolarsystems.co.za/
  • Storage: 14 x Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries (total storage capacity of 140 kWh)

South Africa’s largest manufacturer of printed circuits, Bosco Printed Circuits, has eliminated twice a week power cuts that had disrupted production, delayed deliveries and cost more than 100,000 rand a year by deploying Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromine batteries. Bosco has also reduced its electricity costs by minimising grid use during peak demand periods in the morning and evening – when charges increase by 300-400 per cent – by running the production line on solar-generated energy and off-peak power stored in its 14 ZBM2 batteries. Continue reading “Bosco beats power cuts with Redflow batteries” →

Noble fires up ZCell for bushfire defences

  • Customer: Alan Noble
  • Location: Near Willunga, 47km south of Adelaide, South Australia
  • Storage: 2 x 10 kWh ZCell batteries www.zcell.com

Prominent Australian technology executive Alan Noble required an all-season, highly reliable energy supply at his family-owned property near the South Australian town of Willunga, to guarantee water pumps would work on high fire-risk days in summer. Faced with a very high price to extend mains power across the hilly 100-hectare block, plus the expense of ongoing electricity bills, Mr Noble decided to deploy a more cost-effective off-grid energy storage solution based on two ZCell batteries that can store 20 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy – eliminating power bills for the property entirely. Continue reading “Noble fires up ZCell for bushfire defences” →

Hackett house powers through SA blackout

  • Customer: Simon Hackett
  • Location: Adelaide, South Australia
  • Storage: 2 x Redflow ZBM2 batteries

Simon Hackett is a man who likes to walk the walk as well as talk the talk, so the Redflow CEO was an early adopter of the Redflow-designed zinc-bromine flow battery that is at the heart of the ZCell residential energy storage system. At his eastern Adelaide home, Mr Hackett installed two Redflow batteries in early 2016, replacing a pair of ageing lead-acid batteries. As well as slashing energy consumption in his home, Mr Hackett saw the batteries power his household through a state-wide grid blackout in September that year without his family even noticing the power outage. Continue reading “Hackett house powers through SA blackout” →

Conservation SA showcases ZCell

  • Customer: Conservation Council of SA (Conservation SA)
  • Location: 111 Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Storage: 2 x 10 kWh ZCell batteries

As the state’s peak environmental organisation, the Conservation Council of South Australia (Conservation SA) seeks to lead by example. As well as installing 13 kilowatts (kW) of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of its central Adelaide office to reduce its carbon emissions and power costs, Conservation SA deployed two 10 kilowatt-hours (kWh) ZCell batteries from Redflow to extend those benefits and to provide a backup energy supply during power blackouts.  Continue reading “Conservation SA showcases ZCell” →

Redflow telco BTS case study from Latin America

This case study discusses the successful installation of Redflow batteries into a telecommunications base transceiver site (BTS). The BTS is located in a remote location in Latin America, accessible via rocky road and difficult terrain. The key site issue was an intermittent grid, meaning constant site downtime equated to a loss of average revenue per user (ARPU), as well as an unreliable service for the customers of the mobile network operator (MNO).

Download Redflow’s telco case study from Latin America

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Strengthening Telecommunications Networks in the Developing World

Redflow recognises that telecommunications tower sites using DC power (either weak grid or off-grid) represent a major potential market for its ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries:

  • Millions of telco sites globally – including but not limited to communications network tower sites
  • Asia alone has more than 2.7 million telecommunications tower sites
  • Large proportion, especially in developing countries, are off-grid or in weak-grid environments, and
  • An entry-level telecommunications site deployment typically uses 2-4 ZBMs to replace a lead-acid battery system.

To learn more about Redflow’s benefits for the telecoms sector, download our presentation Strengthening Telecommunications Networks in the Developing World An Opportunity for Small Scale Storage.