Hire and Rental News - May 2019

TL90 Evolve p: 1300 272 111 www.accessservice.com.au Brisbane. Sydney. Melbourne. Canberra. Auckland. See us at HIRE19, Stand 41 Parts, Service & Aftersales Partner For more information about our lights email phil@morris-machinery.com INDUSTRY NEWS Hybrid solar microgrid contract won Aggreko has been contracted to design, build and operate a hybrid 8MW solar power generation system for Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine, east of Laverton in Western Australia. C onstruction of what is expected to be one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids powered by more than 20,000 solar panels and backed up by a 2MW/1MWh battery system will begin in May. To be integrated with Aggreko’s existing 24.2MW natural gas generation, it will be one of the world’s largest hybrid off-grid microgrids when completed. Aggreko AusPac Managing Director, George Whyte, said the solar, thermal and battery storage assets will be seamlessly integrated and managed by Aggreko’s control software platform – maintaining full system availability and optimising the lifetime of existing thermal assets. “The solar-plus-battery system is projected to reduce fuel consumption by 10-13%; the equivalent of removing 2,000 cars from the road, and produce about 18GWh of clean energy per year,” George said. While the solar PV will reduce the need to run thermal generators, the battery plant will provide essential services such as spinning reserve displacement, PV ramp rate control and transient voltage/ frequency support. The current Granny Smith power station was designed and installed by Aggreko in 2016 and the new hybrid power system, combined with a thermal station expansion will meet the increased daily power needs of 24.2MW, with 12.2MW allocated to the Wallaby underground mine and the remaining 12 MW to the processing plant, associated facilities and mining camp. n Visit: www.aggreko.com Angus Kennard to speak at International Conference In a bonus for the Aussie rental industry, Angus Kennard, CEO of Kennards Hire will be one of the keynote speakers at this year’s International Rental Conference (IRC) organised by British based publishing company, KHL, in Shanghai on 22 October. Angus is a third generation Kennard to front the Australian owned hire company and became CEO in October 2016 after having been a board member since 2005. His grandfather Walter founded the business in 1948 and his father Andy was also CEO. The International Rental Conference is a one-day event dedicated to the equipment rental industry in China and wider Asia. The conference will be held the day before the APEX Asia and CeMAT Asia exhibitions. APEX Asia is the Asian sister show to APEX, focusing on aerial platforms. n Visit: www.khl-irc.com Angus Kennard will be a keynote speaker in Shanghai P14 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS MAY 2019