Opening of the Cadell Almond Orchard Microgrid – The large-scale agricultural operation’s high-voltage power system will be managed sustainably, reliably and safely by an inverter/battery/control system, or a ‘Grid in a Box’. Last…
Expanding on their eight years of successful project collaboration delivering key battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia, Danfoss and PowerTec reinforce their commitment to develop and deliver enhanced BESS…
As for many commercial and education campus building services, the tri-generator (electricity, heating and cooling) had become non-compliant with current network protection rules, uneconomical and environmentally questionable due to its…
Expanding its activity, PowerTec is currently conducting factory tests of a subset of a new PowerCache®-XL 3.5MVA, 3.5MWh BESS and microgrid control system at its facility in Mitcham, VIC. Designed…
The anticipated doubling of grid-scale #batteryenergystorage capacity in Australia in 2023 has captured significant attention. Yet, equally pivotal on the journey toward achieving 100% #renewables are #powersystem-strength-generating #battery systems, also…
Commercial/industrial scale #batteryenergystorage systems provide #energy and adjustable #powersystem strength WHEN and WHERE needed. This PowerTec PowerCache® is being installed to do it on the roof of a campus building,…
Make-or-Buy? The classic question finds a natural answer at PowerTec for our #powersystems strength product #PowerCache®: To offer unique product features, maintain flexibility through small product series #production, and yet…
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Our founder Michael Reiner Jansen takes a moment to share his reflections and personal feelings about what it means for the team and customers to work with an evolving end-to-end…
PowerTec was honoured to host the University of Adelaide and their local project partners Sarah Constructions and SAGE Automation for the Factory Acceptance Test of the new tri-generator #gridconnection and #batteryenergystorage system. And it looks like it passed with (almost ?)…
Does your building have a Tri-generator (electricity, heating and cooling) asset that is not compliant with current network protection rules or has become uneconomical or environmentally questionable due to its…
A community battery providing more than energy: What happens if a community, a developer and the electricity network are all pulling together.
The CleanTechnica article highlights the benefits for suitable sites: reduced lead times and reduced demand charges while offering the user experience of unconstrained on-demand, high-speed ev-charging, increased site power supply resilience and…
On Tuesday the 19th of October, our managing director of PowerTec, Michael Jansen, was interviewed by Rose Jacobs from Kalkine TV to discuss PowerTec’s role in the Australian power grid…
On the 12th of August 2021 PowerTec successfully tested the no-break grid-parallel UPS function with the PowerCache Battery Energy Storage System, as mains power was lost at a food factory…
Some control solution providers understand the internet, the cloud, single-board PCs, or modern software development ecosystems. Some automation and control providers understand fieldbus communication, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and graphical…
PowerTec designed and manufactured Australia’s first pole-mounted Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The two systems in Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs Highett and Blackrock, have been in Business-as-Usual network operation for about…
On the 25th June, PowerTec brought together some of the key players in the energy industry to officially unveil the PowerCache® Battery/Stabiliser – Advanced Microgrid “In a Box”. The PowerCache®…
The PowerTec PowerCache EV charging buffer battery supporting the Chargefox ultra-fast chargers in Goulburn is making its money these days. Charging events are frequent, and the battery is in heavy…
The PowerTec PowerCache® grid-side community batteries, pole-mounted in United Energy’s distribution network at two Melbourne Bayside locations feature in Energy Networks Australia’s new Network Innovation Report 2021 (https://lnkd.in/dQWyxKg). The community batteries have shown to…