ABout The Project
De Bortoli Wines is the sixth largest winemaker in the country and a third-generation family business. The company had already installed solar energy and solar hot water systems several years ago and knew that it was time to add more with the ever-increasing energy charges. After seeing how the original system had performed, they wanted to install a solar system that covered their annual base load.
SCE Energy Solutions was the only company to offer a Tigo Energy DC managed solar system. They had previously experienced problems with traditional solar systems and wanted to eliminate the risk of these issues occurring again. When they were offered a Tigo DC managed SmartSolar system and shown the many features that come with this technology, they knew they had found the solar they wanted.
This was a complex installation with over six roofs and three main switchboards which required extensive cable work to connect the systems together. Additionally, four more wine tanks were installed after the SmartSolar system was completed creating large amounts of shade on one roof. If the Tigo optimisers hadn’t been installed, the solar panels or tanks would have needed to be relocated.
The 1.15MW system is the largest SmartSolar rooftop system in New South Wales and is a great initiative by the De Bortoli family to reduce their energy costs and emissions.
Testimonial
Project Description
Project: De Bortoli Wines
Installation date: July 2023
System size: 1151.07kW
Location: Griffith, NSW
Annual Energy Production: 1,802,250kW
Annual CO2 saved: 1477.85 Tonnes
Safety: Tigo DC management system with full optimisation and Rapid Shutdown compliance to system.