FCAS Explained: How to Get Paid to Help the Grid

This month, we sat down with Smart’s Solutions Engineer, Peter Whitehouse, to dive into the ins and outs of the Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS) market. In this blog, we’ll explain what FCAS is, why it’s impor...

We are thrilled to announce that our company has won the 2019 CEC Solar Design and Installation Awards in the category of the stand-alone PV power systems. This is a huge accomplishment for us and it is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team.

We are honoured to be recognized among the best in the industry and we will continue to strive for excellence in all of our solar projects. Thank you to the organizers of the awards for this recognition, and to our customers for your continued support. Join us in celebrating this achievement!

 

Here is an excerpt from the website:

Working with Smart Commercial Solar, Scott Hansen and William Andersson designed and installed a 25 kW three-phase off-grid solar system with an 86 kW hour battery at a large property in rural New South Wales.

In addition to saving the client more than $80,000 in grid connection costs, the installation serves as an excellent case study for the Australian market as an early deployment of a three-phase off-grid system. Despite very poor reception on site, we have managed to maintain a solid remote connection for troubleshooting and maintenance.

This system has gone above and beyond what we thought was possible. I thought off-grid meant we had to limit our luxuries, but Will and his team designed a system that could power all my creature comforts and then some.

We were up for a big expense to connect to the grid, then all the bills that we’d receive ongoing. It gives me so much satisfaction to know that both my houses will never receive an energy bill and I’m self-sufficient.

– Peter Sayer

Written by
Anastasi Kotoros

Head of People & Culture

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