Avant Solar have recently added to our product range, the new products include a range of LED lighting and the SolarVent solar powered roof ventilator, both products are the perfect partner to a solar power system as they will reduce power consumption from the grid and help further reduce power bills.

The SolarVent has a range of options:

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SVA25 Solar Vent attached, a solar powered roof ventilator with a 25 Watt solar module directly attached ideal for north facing roofs.

SVA25 with tilt kit allows adjustmernt of the solar module to face north or increase the tilt of the solar module for roofs with low pitch.

The SolarVent is available in a range of colours and with a remote mount option for the solar module.

See the SolarVent brochure  or contact our sales team for more information.

We also have 2 very high quality LED lights available to reduce the amount of power you use to light your home or office.

The first is an LED downlight from BrightGreen, these are available in a variety of formats to suit various locations and applications.

Dowload the brochure on the DR700 series from Brightgreen

The second range of lights is from Lumitex and features a range of residential downlights as well as commercial LED lights to reduce power consumption.

The Barricade is a 15W gimbal style downlight, download the brochure here.

The COB is large commercial LED downlight available in 15, 20 and 30 Watt with a choice of colour temperature, download the brochure here.

The third and most commercial product in the Lumitex range is a 150 Watt High Bay light that is a great way to reduce power consumption in warehouse and factory environments, download the brochure here.

Q-Cells modules are top-performers at the Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre compared to other modules of leading manufacturers under some of the harshest module testing conditions in the world.

Background:

The independent Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre (DKASC) is a demonstration facility for commercialised solar technologies operating in the arid solar conditions of Alice Springs in central Australia.

The data of various photovoltaic systems and technologies compiled at the DKASC is available to the public via http://www.dkasolarcentre.com.au.

The system performance presented here is a result of an analysis of this data carried out by Q-Cells and can be validated by accessing the DKASC data.

Test facility description:

A prototype of Q-Cells Q.Pro modules and 4 other Q-Cells technologies are operating alongside a growing number of modules from leading manufacturers at the Alice Springs test site. The Q.Pro modules feature highest quality, outstanding performance and positive power sorting. All systems in this analysis are connected to inverters with comparable performance characteristics.

Result:

The data collected by DKASC uses a singular monitoring system for all installations and data used was taken between March 1, 2010 and February 28, 2011. For this analysis, if data points of any one system were missing for a certain period of time, data for all systems was not considered during that period to maintain a level playing field.

The data reveals that Q-Cells Q.Pro modules are top-performers in terms of generating electricity compared to modules in equivalent system configurations from other manufacturers.