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A meat wholesaler has been facing huge challenges to keep his warehouse-stored frozen meat in prime condition on the African Islands of Comoros.<\/p>\n

He buys meat in Europe for consumption in Comoros – where average temperatures of around 30\u00b0C and an unreliable power grid present significant challenges to his business.<\/p>\n

When a grid power outage coincides with a generator breakdown at his storage facility his stock – which might be as much as container<\/em>-load of chicken wings – must be sold quickly, and will only attract half the expected price.<\/p>\n

Added to which the cost of running and maintaining 2 x 100kW generators in such a remote location is very high.<\/p>\n

Solar Energy<\/h4>\n

On the other hand, with an average of 7 hours of sunshine per day in Comoros Solar energy is extremely reliable …and free.<\/p>\n

Dubai based solar energy specialist Natheer Technical Services<\/a>\u00a0– who have over twenty years experience in the industry – were called in to put an end to all these headaches by designing and building a three-phase Solar energy system which would provide all the energy needed to provide 100% uptime for the meat storage facility, and also accommodate future growth.<\/p>\n

The solution they designed is a hybrid system offering 2x 45kVA off-grid three phase energy; and also 2x 27kW three phase PV solar inverters which are grid-tied. Energy for overnight use is provided by a Lithium battery bank of 480 kWh.\"\"<\/p>\n

The harvest, storage and supply of energy is performed by the following devices:<\/p>\n