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PRESSRELEASEFOR EXTERNAL RELEASE 11 March, 2020
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Kanowna Solar Farm Connected to the MV
Grid with a NOJA Power GMK
09 March 2020 – Switchgear Engineering Firm NOJA Power is celebrating the
connection of the Kanowna Solar Farm (Link:
https://reneweconomy.com.au/small-but-smart-kanowna-solar-farm-comes-on-
line-in-northern-nsw-79905/ ) using their Ground Mount Kiosk Recloser
Product.
In the Kanowna Solar Project, 9MW of solar photovoltaic generation is
connected through a NOJA Power GMK, providing the primary circuit breaker,
metering and grid islanding protection compliance requirements from a single
integrated switchgear assembly tailored in collaboration with Brisbane
engineering consultancy EnergyDesigners.
With upfront capital cost minimisation as a core strategic directive for the
project, NOJA Power’s GMK product provides all Medium Voltage (MV)
network connection compliance requirements including Rate of Change of
Frequency (ROCOF) Protection and Power Quality Metering in a single
assembly tested at the factory. The full assembly is end-to-end tested at the
manufacturer, ensuring a minimisation of on-site commissioning costs.
“The NOJA Power GMK is a single packaged solution provides protection,
isolation, earthing, metering and most importantly connectivity to the medium
voltage network,” reports NOJA Power Group Managing Director Neil
O’Sullivan. “It makes these smaller scale projects viable with installation
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possible anywhere there is a medium voltage line available, rather than a
limited distance from a zone substation which has been the case in the past -
making projects like this viable anywhere in the world.”
The Kanowna Solar farm connection joins a long list of medium scale
distributed generation projects for which NOJA Power have provided the point
of connection switchgear.
NOJA Power’s commitment to developing environmentally friendly switchgear
supports the mission of renewable energy generators, as the firm are
specialists in switchgear design that uses Solid Dielectric insulation in lieu of
traditional SF6 insulating gas.
Kanowna Solar Farm in Northern NSW, Australia with a NOJA Power GMK
(centre)
Considering that SF6 gas has over 23,000 times the greenhouse effect of a
single kg of CO2, NOJA Power’s innovation in designing switchgear without
SF6 allows renewable generation sites to decarbonise their connection and
ensure the mitigation benefits of the generation source are not offset by
unsustainable switchgear.
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For more information, visit www.nojapower.com.au or contact your local NOJA
Power Distributor.
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