Cooper Island Beach Club
British Virgin Islands
SMA Micro-grid system
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Base system consists of the following
1) SMA multi cluster box 12, with 12 Sunny Island 6048 inverters.
2) 2 x 90 kW diesel generators as backup
3) 22 x Sunny Boy inverters ranging between 5000 watt and 7000 watt.
The solar panels connected to these inverters have been installed over a 8 to 10 year period and vary in manufacturer and size
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4) The energy storage system has grown and evolved over the life span of the system.
a) Starting of with lead acid batteries
b) Then Aquioues hybrid batteries ( salt water based battery ) 410 kWh
c) Currently running on a small TesVolt energy storage system. 67.2 kWh Lithium Iron
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Cooper Island Beach Club has grown over the last 10 Years and so has its power needs. We started of needing a peak of 15 kW and now during busy season we are hitting 45 kW peak loads.
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SMA has been fully supportive during this systems life time as a manufacturer.
Generators where supplied by our local partners Parts and Power,
Electrical and SMA equipment have been supplied by Total Electrical Solutions.