SF2 Power Developments has consolidated unique resource analysis tools, value-engineering research, rigorous cost planning and financial structuring to refine a development model for the rapid deployment of mid-scale PV systems using low skilled local labour.
The main principles are:
Know in detail the geometry for the specific location - azimuth and elevation for every hour of every day of the year
Know the real local solar resource - NASA supplied (and locally supplied where available) 10 year average actual solar energy incident on a horizonal surface - this accounts for cloud cover factors and gives statistically valid real energy resource availability data
Know the real needs of the local electrical energy supply system - when and where is energy really needed for optimum benefit and how know how to configure and co-ordinate local demand for optimum infrastructure utilisation
Use simple to configure standard components to make cost effective, energy delivery optimised systems. Getting the economies of scale in "many littles rather than few bigs".
See an overview of Australia's Solar Resource - here
See an SF2 GRA for The Australian Capital Territory - here
