Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine October 2015 | Page 56

Maintaining today ’ s assets , creating tomorrow ’ s power solutions
ERGON ENERGY
an alliance with Californian electricity storage developer Sunverge Energy to launch a limited commercial rollout of its power systems in Queensland homes . The partnership involves installing SunPower solar panels and Sunverge energy storage systems in 33 homes in Toowoomba , Townsville and Cannonvale in a program that will receive $ 400,000 of funding by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency .
The power system is comprised
of back-up power , a six-kilowatt inverter with 11.6 kilowatt-hours of energy and communications , and control capability that allows the company to collectively manage the system to increase the efficiency of power supply on its grid .
“ This partnership will help us better understand the technology and where we stand in terms of our network . It ’ s helping us model what our future network could look like ,” Billing explained .
Maintaining today ’ s assets , creating tomorrow ’ s power solutions
UGL provides whole of life asset solutions for large and complex power systems across Australia , New Zealand and Asia , from electrical substations and transmission lines to advanced power stations .
Throughout Queensland , UGL has been a proud supporter of Ergon Energy for 8 years working together to deliver 62 substations and associated infrastructure to provide electricity to 734,000 customers in homes and businesses across regional Queensland .
The key elements to UGL ’ s success are our close working partnerships and decades of experience in delivering engineering construction and O & M solutions to our clients .
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