Do you remember to add a carport and install solar collectors? Enter the Vela Solar Carport solution from Goodwe, in which components are also provided by an Australian company.
As early as 2023, the Chinese solar manufacturer Goodwe announced a strategic alliance partnership with Australia’s UMAX -Energy to introduce and support the integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products (BIPV) from Goodwe. The partnership has developed with the Vela Solar Carport, which was officially launched by Goodwe in Australia in April this year, even though there have been a long time.
The Vela is mainly aimed at the living market and combines solar collectors for the roof and a light but resilient aluminum alloy structure, which can be used in the fields C (Cyclonic) in wind region C (cyclone), which can withstand a wind speed of up to 220 km/h.
There are two versions, a single and a double carport model. Both use 535-watt-goodwe polaris modules that are bifacial, which means that they can harvest light from behind and anterior face. The single Vela Carport offers a solar capacity of 4.815 kW (front face), while the double offers 8.025 kW capacity.
The carports have a length of 6.5 meters and the width of the single is 3 meters; while the double is 5.2 meters wide. Both have adjustable peak heights of 3 to 3.5 meters and the clearance heights of 2 to 2.5 meters.
The modular design only makes it a few people to complete the Vela structure setup, says Umax and can be self-installed (where permitted). But I assume that it would require a qualified solar installer if this should be connected to the network-es would certainly need an appropriate qualified sparkie to establish the electrical connections. Goodwe says that the structure can be installed in just 3 hours, but does not mention how many people who affect it.
Goodwe Solaris Bifacial Panel Specifications
The single Vela Carport has nine solar collectors, while the double is equipped with fifteen. Some basic specifications are listed below:
- Model: BMT-P2/132A
- Power: 535 W
- Size: 2142 x 1160 x 29.6 mm
- Weight: 30 ± 0.5 kg
- Cell type: N-Typ-Topcon half-cells
- Efficiency: 21.5%
- Structural sealing, integrated drainage.
Oddly enough, Goodwe has no information about the Vela Carport on his Australian website, but there are more details about UMAX. The inclusion of a video at night in the Antarctic in the tab “Mühelose Installation” is a bit like a headkratzer, but still.
If you do not yet have a solar inverter that can take the additional capacity, GoodWe produces inverters and offers one of the better budget areas in Australia.
What does the Vela cost?
I have no pricing from Goodwe/Umax, but a few months ago I saw an advertisement from a few months ago that offered the single carport for a little more than $ 12,000 and the double for almost $ 17,000 dollars. However, since the Solaris solar modules are approved by the Clean Energy Council (CEC), they can also be considered for the Australia’s solar discount.
You can claim additional small technology certificates (based on that of the discount) if you add a previously installed system with an existing inverter within its oversized limit values to solar modules, or if you install an additional solar system with new CEC-based panels and versectors on the same property. A correspondingly accredited installation program must do this work. If the availability of discount is a deal breaker, you may be able to inquire for the first time at the regulatory authority for clean energy.
Vela Solar Carport Guarantee
There is a 15-year product guarantee that covers both the structure and the solar collectors, which are supported by Goodwe and Umax Energy. There is also a 30-year performance guarantee for the solaris solar modules, which in the first year 1% deterioration and then in the following years of 0.4% per year.
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