Incite Energy‘s Engineering Director, Neville Wood comments on Critical Density – “Arguably one of the most high risk areas of a solar farm, the focal point of high capacity DC Array cabling into the Power Conversion Units (PCU’s) becomes of paramount importance in …
Category: Solar
Norfolk Island Commercial Solar Transition
Incite Energy‘s electrical engineer, Matias Valdes and Director of Decarbonisation, Kody Ponds are working alongside Norfolk Island Regional Council to carry out commercial survey and design studies on Norfolk Island for the rollout of BESY Energy commercial solar for NIRC utilities, which will benefit the whole community. If you …
Academia and Energy Transition
In the last week two events reminded us of the important links between our activity supporting the energy transition and the underlying work in academia that underpins our work. Firstly – Professor @Martin Green was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize in …
BIPV in Architecture
Alpha Solar Tech (AST) recently engaged Incite Energy to provide an engineering proof-of-concept for their patented Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) product. Incite Energy Engineer, Matias Valdes reviews the innovative study undertaken; “BIPV refers to the use of photovoltaic modules to replace …
What is the optimum ratio of solar and wind?
We often get asked what the ‘optimum’ ratio of solar and wind is for a large scale renewables project. The answer is that it is dependent on a number of factors, including the following key items: – Site Location: the quantity …
Pilbara Direct Solar Irradiance
The Pilbara has one of the highest levels of direct solar irradiance on the planet and was identified by the International Energy Agency’s Task 8 Committee as one of the top six locations in the world to develop large-scale solar farms. …
Proposed Bristol Springs Solar Farm
Footage of Incite Energy’s Engineering Director, Neville Wood, flying his drone on site at the proposed Bristol Springs Solar Farm near Waroona, WA. Part of the early works is to undertake geotechnical investigations for the solar farm and 330kV grid connecting …