This was one of those landmark projects for us — we worked very closely with the Druk Amitabha Mountain to design and install this SMA based solar system. It was the first SMA Multicluster system in Nepal and we actually flew an SMA employee out to Nepal to commission the system and assess our installation work.
The project was a large investment for the Druk Amitabha Mountain and was a game changer for them in terms of solving the “power problem” they had at the site. Being AC coupled meant we could basically disconnect the grid and diesel generator and hook up the solar system; we soon found that there were other areas of the distribution network to rectify. One of the benefits of having this project onsite where Joel lived for so long was that he was able to get in-depth knowledge and experience of operating a system like this — what goes into keeping it running month after month. There were a lot of learnings from this one, including an earthquake.
This project really gave us a lot of hands-on exposure and is why Peak Power are the experts in SMA and Victron systems.