{"id":23908,"date":"2022-01-14T10:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=23908"},"modified":"2023-02-14T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:21:12","slug":"generator-hire-win-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/14\/generator-hire-win-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Generator hire win-win."},"content":{"rendered":"

Gijsels BV<\/a>\u00a0are a prominent Generator Hire company in Belgium who have built their business over twenty years by supplying reliable gensets – usually in the 20kVA – 600kVA range – immediately from stock.<\/p>\n

Part of their success is a rigorous testing regime – before supply, and on return – during which the units are run under load for an hour to ensure they are performing satisfactorily.<\/p>\n

Until recently all the electricity generated during load-testing was dissipated as heat by a ‘resistance’ bank. \u00a0Elias Gijsels<\/em> – the son of the company’s owner – happened to be working on a sustainability project at school and suggested the test-energy was stored and used to run the workshop and offices. He helped design and install a system – which includes a PV array – which allows the company to be power self-sufficient.<\/p>\n

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Elias Gijsels prepares to store the energy produced during product testing.<\/p><\/div>\n

Depending on the season there will be up to 12 people working at Gijsels<\/a>\u00a0– both office and workshop staff – which places a number of demands on their energy supply and results in a typical power consumption of 90\/100kWh per day. They manage their schedule with the aim of testing one unit per day – thus spreading the energy production over time and allowing maximum consumption of surplus energy, which is stored in a battery bank of 76.8k kWh.<\/p>\n

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Off Grid<\/h4>\n

In order to comply with the National Grid power regulations in Belgium, Electrical Engineers\u00a0Ysebaert.be<\/a>\u00a0– who advised and supplied the system components – incorporated a Break before Make transfer switch as seen on the system schematic below. This ensures that the private power system will not become grid-connected.<\/p>\n

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The system benefits from a solar array with PV Inverters maximising daytime consumption, and it is the company’s expectation to be energy self sufficient even when they have installed an EV charger for staff use.<\/p>\n

The three phase system employs 3 x Quattro 15kVA<\/a> Inverter Chargers together with Pylontech storage and is controlled by a Cerbo GX<\/a>. Also in the build:<\/p>\n