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Endeavour offers SAPS for customers in remote properties

by Kim Ho
May 14, 2020
in Batteries & Storage, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability
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Endeavour Energy has installed an off-grid standalone power system (SAPS) to a property in Kangaroo Valley, NSW – a game changer for providing reliable supply to customers in remote areas.

This marks the first time Endeavour Energy has installed a standalone power system (SAPS) to supply customers in its network area.

SAPS involves the installation of solar panels, batteries and a back-up generator that operate independently to the rest of the Endeavour Energy network.

Charity workers, Mark and Tracey Minton, lost their home and all their belongings in the Currowan bushfire in early 2020.

The couple will be the first to benefit from this advanced technology after Endeavour Energy connected power to their temporary home, a bus and makeshift work shed.

Endeavour Energy’s General Manager, Scott Ryan, said this was a game changer for the company’s customers who live in remote areas.

“They deserve to have access to safe and reliable electricity regardless of where they live,” Mr Ryan said.

“Customers using SAPS will have the same continuous, high-quality power supply and will pay the same unit price for electricity charged by their retail energy supplier.”

Endeavour Energy has identified further sections of its network where, using this SAPS technology, it can provide customers with safer and more reliable power than the traditional poles and wires network.

“Customers suitable to be supplied power by SAPS are those living in remote and hard to access areas, many who live in areas prone to bushfires, powered by long, overhead powerlines subject to regular interruptions,” Mr Ryan said.

“SAPS give customers the choice to decide the best way for how they receive a safe, reliable and affordable electricity supply.

“This system also has the potential to provide remote communities a more reliable power supply because customers are not affected by outages caused by falling trees, floods and wildlife.”

Mr Ryan said SAPS was a win for customers and a win for the business, as it is often cheaper than rebuilding and maintaining poles and wires in remote and difficult to access locations.

View more information on SAPS here. 

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