Solectra

19/11/2023

How to prepare for Solar Shopping

Aqualectra Mikuenta account allows you to download your last 12 months of energy use, this file also gives you your average daily energy usage. The average daily energy usage will be the number of kWh's your solar panels needs to produce to meet your daily energy demand (Pagatinu users will have to keep track of their daily energy usage in a spreadsheet).

On average, a household starts their daily high energy consumption around 6:00-7:00pm till 7:00-8:00am, the rest of the day it's what is called ALWAYS ON, appliances that normally are not turned OFF like the refrigerator. Your solar installer can provide you with a temporary 24/7 monitoring device, to register your energy use behavior, taking into account this changes depending on the months of the year that are cooler.

A system sized (solar panels and battery storage) based on your average numbers extracted from the Mikuanta report, will bring your energy usage from Aqualectra to approximately 10-20% (not every day is a sunny day), it all depends on the location your solar panels are installed, and if you have limited to no shading taking place, this can be due to trees and/or building structures close to the solar production installation.

Curaçao electricity grid 127/220Volt, complicates the possibility of getting an out-of-the-box Solar Battery Storage solution on the market, and installers has to design the system to meet the 127/220Volt and/or changes needs to be made to your breaker box. What solution to go for, it all depends on your peak energy usage (maximum Watt during a short period of time), what would be the best fit for your home.

On average, all households of Curaçao can switch to solar renewable energy storage due to the amount of sunny days we have, systems does not need to be over dimensioned while your Aqualectra bill can stay in check. And such an investment needs to be seen as a long term and not a quick ROI (Return On Investment) what most people hopes for.

Our pilot projects with batteries during the last 10 years (first with lead acid deep cycle and later Lithium (LFP)) has proven that with the current systems designs, Curaçao can switch to Solar Distributed Energy Resources (DER) for the home.

Need help with your Mikuenta report, mail us at [email protected], and take the first step to a Sunny future.

Don't forget to like this post, and/or share with your friends and family.

14/11/2023

2024 Solectra will relaunch its services of Solar Systems with Battery Storage: Energy as a Service EaaS, to take load OFF the energy grid, in effort to allow Aqualectra sort out there issues.

Solectra is about the Environment, Sense and Renewable Energy

28/09/2023

We can use ENNIA mishap as a wake-up call:

Despite common belief, ageing populations can be very positive for society. Learn more: https://ow.ly/fAie50PQgr0 Stanford Center on Longevity | 14 comments on LinkedIn

20/09/2023

Interesting court case to follow:

06/09/2023

China 🇨🇳 leads, fuel demand is peaking, now the rest of the world needs to follow. Minister Cijntje Ruisandro

31/08/2023

Aqualectra Utility The conclusion on this post is that Curacao needs more solar energy production distributed (with energy storage) all around the island to remove load from the network.

IF Aqualectra is producing less energy means the cost of maintenance goes down (their reasoning at higher production, cost goes up) and with time the price of electricity.

By lowering the fix fee per kWp (BTP) installed to have a solar system connected to the grid, can be an incentive for more households to install enough capacity to cover the day light hours, helping Aqualectra to reduce production capacity.

Minister Cijntje Ruisandro lets have this conversation, average kWh production of Solar DER's on rooftops can cost US$ 0.05/kWh IF indeed their is a will to lower the electricity bill for everyone.

SUGERENSHA PA BAHA PREIS DI KORIENTE TIN KOMPRENSHON DI PARTI DI AQUALECTRA PERO BAL TENE NA KONSIDERASHON ALGUN PUNTO

Willemstad 30 di ougùstùs 2023- Aqualectra a tuma nota di un proposishon pa baha preis di koriente pa asina komunidat por tin mas akseso na konsumo di koriente. Na promé lugá por parse un solushon interesante pa inventarisá i yuda aliviá nos komunidat di algu ku rònt mundu ta sinti su efekto. E situashon ta kousa un oumento di uso di koriente. Bal sin embargo, tuma na konsiderashon algun punto ora ta pensa den e direkshon aki pa aliviá tantu e kalor komo resibu di koriente mas haltu na fin di luna, debí na mas uso di koriente.

Oumento di demanda ta nifiká oumento di produkshon. Un oumento di produkshon no ta nifiká ku Aqualectra ta gana mas, pasó Aqualectra tin gastu adishonal pa por produsí mas koriente. Pa kolmo den e periodo aki no tin muchu bientu loke ta nifiká ku Aqualectra ta usando unidatnan di produkshon konvenshonal loke ta nifiká kosto di produkshon mas haltu ku si por a hasi uso di koriente produsí pa bientu. Si oumento di demanda bai kombiná ku un redukshon di preis e ta nifiká ku Aqualectra ta sobra aun ménos pa sigui invertí den produkshon, distribushon i mantenshon. Un redukshon di e preis lo tin e efekto ku ta stimulá e usuario pa usa mas koriente. Esaki por tin efekto nèt kontrali esta ku su kostonan ta oumentá debí ku e ta bai usa mas koriente.

Ta bon pa remarká tambe ku e preis di awa i koriente ta keda regulá pa Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post (BTP.) Den su stipulashon di preis e reguladó ta tene debido kuenta ku e preis di awa i koriente mester ta hustu pa tantu Aqualectra komo e konsumidó. E reguladó ta determiná kiko e kostonan di produkshon por ta i tambe kiko Aqualectra por gana den e preis pa por kubri invershonnan nesesario pa garantisá produkshon i distribushon di awa i koriente.

Aqualectra ta trahando pa asina den futuro serkano nos hasi mas uso di energia renobabel, ku ta mas barata i ta kontribuí na redusí e preis di koriente. Banda di esaki, pronto lo start ku atendementu muchu mas dirigí di awa i koriente ku no ta keda registrá, loke tambe lo tin su efektonan positivo riba e preis. Huntu ku esaki Aqualectra resientemente a start un kampaña pa informá komunidat riba maneranan pa usa awa i koriente konsiente. Loke sigur ta kontribuí na un resibu pagabel fin di luna. Aqualectra lo keda traha pa bienestar di komunidat i lo sigui hasi su máksimo esfuerso pa e koriente i awa ku nos ta usa ta mas pagabel i duradero posibel.

FIN

30/08/2023

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinmooney_fossilfuels-climatechange-sustainability-activity-7102420907939270656-Zpiq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

18/08/2023

Aqualectra management gave an eloquent explanation on the current and future of their production and distribution networks.

What's missing is the more then 20% electricity generation that can take place through privately installed solar rooftop, that can contribute with load shifting.

Overbuilding renewables is a sensible and cheap climate action lever, especially when combined with electrification.

26/06/2023

Even in a industrialized country as USA 🇺🇸 it can happen. In Curacao 🇨🇼 the question should be, what are we doing to minimize the risk.

The heatwave leaving tens of millions of Americans in sweltering temperatures will test the power grid’s ability to keep the lights on.

01/05/2023

Most can be achieved by online selfstudy, before registering to a course.