PRESSRELEASEFOR EXTERNAL RELEASE 11 March, 2020

Marketing contact:Martin Van Der LindeGeneral Manager - Marketing

Tel : +61 7 3907 8777Mob. +61 438 690 116Fax : +61 7 3399 6777martinv@nojapower.com.auwww.nojapower.com.au

Kanowna Solar Farm Connected to the MV

Grid with a NOJA Power GMK

09 March 2020 – Switchgear Engineering Firm NOJA Power is celebrating the

connection of the Kanowna Solar Farm (Link:

https://reneweconomy.com.au/small-but-smart-kanowna-solar-farm-comes-on-

line-in-northern-nsw-79905/ ) using their Ground Mount Kiosk Recloser

Product.

In the Kanowna Solar Project, 9MW of solar photovoltaic generation is

connected through a NOJA Power GMK, providing the primary circuit breaker,

metering and grid islanding protection compliance requirements from a single

integrated switchgear assembly tailored in collaboration with Brisbane

engineering consultancy EnergyDesigners.

With upfront capital cost minimisation as a core strategic directive for the

project, NOJA Power’s GMK product provides all Medium Voltage (MV)

network connection compliance requirements including Rate of Change of

Frequency (ROCOF) Protection and Power Quality Metering in a single

assembly tested at the factory. The full assembly is end-to-end tested at the

manufacturer, ensuring a minimisation of on-site commissioning costs.

“The NOJA Power GMK is a single packaged solution provides protection,

isolation, earthing, metering and most importantly connectivity to the medium

voltage network,” reports NOJA Power Group Managing Director Neil

O’Sullivan. “It makes these smaller scale projects viable with installation

1

PRESS RELEASE

possible anywhere there is a medium voltage line available, rather than a

limited distance from a zone substation which has been the case in the past -

making projects like this viable anywhere in the world.”

The Kanowna Solar farm connection joins a long list of medium scale

distributed generation projects for which NOJA Power have provided the point

of connection switchgear.

NOJA Power’s commitment to developing environmentally friendly switchgear

supports the mission of renewable energy generators, as the firm are

specialists in switchgear design that uses Solid Dielectric insulation in lieu of

traditional SF6 insulating gas.

Kanowna Solar Farm in Northern NSW, Australia with a NOJA Power GMK

(centre)

Considering that SF6 gas has over 23,000 times the greenhouse effect of a

single kg of CO2, NOJA Power’s innovation in designing switchgear without

SF6 allows renewable generation sites to decarbonise their connection and

ensure the mitigation benefits of the generation source are not offset by

unsustainable switchgear.

2

PRESS RELEASE

For more information, visit www.nojapower.com.au or contact your local NOJA

Power Distributor.

3