• 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” →

• 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” →

• 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” →

• 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” →