Review of power supply options for Prince of Wales Island

Evolve Energy recently conducted a review of power supply options for Prince of Wales Island.  The review was commissioned by Ergon Energy and the Queensland Office of Clean Energy to identify the most appropriate power supply option for the community. …read more

Energy assessments in Mt Isa

Bushlight India takes out Engineers Australia top award for engineering excellence.

This week the Bushlight India project, managed by Alice Springs based engineering firm CAT Projects, was awarded the highest accolade in the engineering profession in Australia – the Engineers Australia Sir William Hudson Engineering Excellence award. …read more

AC solar module assembly underway in North Queensland

In an Australian first, Evolve Energy this week commenced the local assembly of smart grid enabled AC solar modules.  These AC solar modules consist of a conventional photovoltaic solar panel combined with a high efficiency smart grid enabled micro-inverter. …read more

powersavvy Pilot Project shines

Ergon Energy’s powersavvy isolated community energy efficiency pilot project has been recognised with a Highly Commended Award at the annual Engineers Australia Queensland Engineering Excellence awards. The awards are the premier event for the engineering profession in Queensland, and the result is a credit to the dedication and commitment of the powersavvy project team. Evolve Energy was among a number of contractors and consultants who assisted the core project team within Ergon Energy with this project, and we would like to pass our congratulations on to everyone who contributed to it’s success. Well done guys!

Smart Inverter Presentation at EcoGen 2011

Evolve Energy Director Grant Behrendorff this week presented a paper on the emerging field of Smart Inverters at the Ecogen 2011 conference in Brisbane. Smart Inverters represent the next generation of grid connect PV inverters which will address the concerns of electricity utilities in making PV system much more ‘grid friendly’. …read more

Smart Energy Hub presentations at Austropex 2011

Evolve Energy was proud to co-sponsor the energy section of the inaugural Austropex conference in Cairns this week. The company’s directors David Smyth and Grant Behrendorff also spoke at the event, which highlighted Tropical North Queensland’s growing reputation as a Smart Energy Hub. David’s presentation identified and highlighted the reasons behind the emergence of the region as a Smart Energy Hub, and Grant presented a case study on several cutting edge projects Evolve Energy is currently involved with in the renewable energy sector.

Copies of the presentations can be found in the downloads section of the website.

powersavvy Energy Savings Pilot concludes

Ergon Energy’s powersavvy Isolated Generation Centres Energy Savings Pilot project drew to a highly successful conclusion this month. The Pilot, which was established by Ergon Energy and funded by the Queensland Government set out to develop and demonstrate a model for significantly reducing energy use and generation costs in Queensland’s 33 isolated generation centres. …read more

Smart Solar systems commissioned on Magnetic Island

Evolve Energy has commissioned Australia’s first installations of smart AC solar modules on three buildings at Magnetic Island – off Townsville in North Queensland. Each of these AC solar modules produce electricity at 240 volts which is fed directly into the consumer’s switchboard. By eliminating the need for DC wiring, circuit breakers and central inverters, AC solar modules significantly reduce the time required to install solar PV systems. Because each solar module is individually maximum power point tracked, the overall performance (energy output) of the system is also improved. …read more

A successful Big Idea!

Grant Behrendorff accepting the Big Idea award from Queensland Treasurer and Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser MP

Evolve Energy’s sister company Energy Innovations was delighted to be awarded $50,000 under the Big Idea Queensland Grant Program this week. The Program, which is a partnership between the Australian Industry Group and the Queensland Government awarded up to $50,000 to 22 companies around the state to support innovation and business development among small and medium enterprises.

Energy Innovations will use the funding to progress the development of the Polepower^® distributed PV generation system. More information about Polepower can be found at www.polepower.biz