GEM and Solar Manufacturing Business: Austchilli, Bundaberg

Key outcomes

• 30% load reduction
• Payback of 4-5 years (ahead of our predictions)
• Cash-flow positive from the first quarter

Privately owned Austchilli is a leader in the food manufacturing industry, and the largest chilli company in Australia. Founded in 1995 and based in Bundaberg in regional Queensland, the vertically integrated farming agribusiness uses sustainable farming practices with products supplied to multi-national companies and the Australian market.

GEM and Hybrid Solar Schools: Bundaberg Christian College

Key outcomes

• Savings of AUD$100,000 per on electricity
• Reduced power usage by up to 80%
• Payback period of seven years
• Cash flow postitive from the first quarter
• Over 400% return on investment before batteries need replacing
• Savings over the life of the system around AUD$2,500,000
• Generation of about AUD$20,000 in Large-Scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) per year

Immediate Improvement to Southern Colour’s Energy Efficiency with an SCE Voltage Stabilisation Unit

Key Outcomes

• Energy reduction in kWh & kVa of more than 17%
• Cost savings of more than 17%
• Production at increased levels
• Voltage reduced immediately from 253 Volts to 225 Volts

SCE worked with Southern Colour for several months to establish where they were using and wasting their energy in order to present them with the best possible energy reduction proposal. 

Wine Industry Game Changer - Voltage Stabilisation Reducing Energy Costs and Equipment Repairs Significantly at Alkoomi Wines

Key Outcomes

• The supply of quality, pollution free voltage to the site
• Energy reductions by more than 10%
• Greatly improved site equipment performance with zero electromechanical stoppings

With continual equipment problems and interruptions to supply, the management at Alkoomi Wines investigated the root causes of the problems that they were experiencing on a daily basis with the supply of power to their southern Western Australian wine producing site.

ETS Installs SHARC Waste Water Heat Recovery for World's Largest Wool Tester

Key outcomes

• $775k savings over 20 years
• 37% reduction in gas consumption
• 4.5 year 'simple' payback 

ETS provided AWTA with the patented SHARC heat recovery system, which captures waste heat that would otherwise be lost to sewerage each day. This heat recovery has resulted in a 37% saving in gas heating costs for AWTA, which will equate to an enormous $775k over 20 years. 

Carnes Hill Shopping Centre Saves Over 10% on Energy Thanks to Nanosure Protective Coating

Key Outcomes

• R22 Unit life extended by 5 – 7 years
• 11.8% energy savings
• ROI is less than 15 months

Through measurement and verification, it was discovered that energy savings achieved thanks to the Nanosure protection exceeded expectations.    

Evo Energy Turns Heat Green at WhiteWater World

Key Outcomes

• Reduction in running costs by over 70% 

• Reduction in carbon emissions by over 35%

Evo Energy installed the largest heat pump system in Australia, with a cutting-edge system upgrade at the popular tourist theme park, WhiteWater World, delivering unparalleled energy efficiencies and helping to reduce carbon emissions.

Evo Energy Helps Rivalea to Reduce Environmental Footprint with Custom-Built Biogas Generator

Key Outcomes

• Generates around 25% of the site’s power per year
• Offsets over 28,000 per annum tons of CO2 equivalent emissions from grid
• Methane emissions avoided
• Energy efficiency of up to 90%

Rivalea, one of Australia’s leading agri-food companies, partnered with Evo Energy to minimise their environmental footprint and reduce energy consumption, with the installation of a custom-built biogas generator. 

On-site energy system saving $1M per year

Key outcomes

• Cost saving of $1 million per annum
• Received a $2 million Federal Government Grant
• Project value $6.5M + $1.5M
• Recipient of multiple awards

From feasibility to operation, ETS orchestrated the completion of one of the largest on-site energy systems of its kind at the iconic Bulla Dairy Foods Frozen Goods facility in Colac, Victoria.

Converting heat waste into energy used for mine cooling

Key outcomes

• Cost savings of $2.7 million per annum
• Total project value $5.5 million
• 18 month payback period
• Saves 5000 tonnes of CO2 per annum

The ST Barbara mine in Leonora, Western Australia, had multiple gas generators which were producing heat waste. ETS was engaged to design and install an exhaust system which captures that waste heat and turns it into 5.6MW of additional capacity. The mine uses this additional capacity for its underground cooling system which means that traditional and much more expensive methods of expanding the cooling capacity were no longer required.

Collins Square's Trigeneration Energy System by Optimal Group

Key Outcomes

• 5 star NABERS efficiency rating

• Best practice commercial green building design

• $2 billion project, largest of its kind in Australia.

• Use of Capstone Microturbine technology

When the Walker Corporation started planning the new Collins Square development they decided it should lead the way in best practice commercial building green design and efficiency.
 
The Optimal Group helped them achieve this, along with exceeding the 5 star NABERS rating. The cornerstone of this plan was a modern embedded trigeneration system where each of the 5 towers making up Collins Square could generate part of its own electrical demand using natural gas. 

Super Efficient Aquatic Centre

Key Outcomes

• 25% energy and carbon reduction
• $356k energy efficiency funding
• Cash flow positive with an ROI in excess of 7%

Problem Summary
The City of Fremantle has ambitious carbon reduction goals of all buildings and structures within its operational control to be net zero carbon by 2020; powered and heated by a combination of on- and off-site renewable energy. As a major facility in the city's portfolio, an upgrade to the Fremantle Leisure Centre pool heating system provided an opportunity to reduce energy consumption, cost and carbon emissions. The city worked with EVO Energy Technology to achieve their goals.

Solar Installation Offsets 130 tonnes of Carbon for AB Mauri Cereform

Key Outcomes

• Offset 137.8 tonnes of CO2 

• Savings of $19,558

• Funding of $169,000 

Energy and Carbon Solutions together with energy partner Autonomous Energy, helped AB Mauri Cereform, a leading international supplier of bakery ingredients, to achieve efficicent energy generation with a 100kW solar power system.

Air Compression Upgrades for GWF Speedibake Saves $55k

Key Outcomes

• Offset 399 tonnes of CO2 per annum

• Savings of $55,668 plus GST

• Reduced energy consumption of 51.9%

Energy and Carbon Solutions helped one of Australia’s leading food manufacturers, George Weston Foods, update their inefficient air compressors which mitigated risk to food production, lowered costs and reduced their environmental impact.

ETS Upgrades CQ CitiClub Hotel’s Energy Efficiency with Tailored CHP Solution

Key outcomes

• Savings in excess of $100,000 per year in lighting, power and heating
• 27% reduction in carbon emissions 

Developing and installing environmentally-friendly systems such as combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery, waste-to-energy and renewables technology, ETS tailors innovative solutions to help clients meet their emissions reduction objectives.

Finn Biogas Generate 1000kWh for Chicken Farm in Philippines

Key Outcomes

• 1000kWh of biogas energy generated
• Reduction in greenhouse gases and odour emissions
• Designed and constructed one of the most modern biogas plants in the Philippines
• Project came in on budget
• Helped provide secondary market for organic fertilisers to local farming industry

A chicken farming and slaughtering operation in the Southern Philippines, was looking to displace the use of non-renewable energy throughout its operations.