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10kW Off-grid solar power shipping container for home in Corfu, Greece

Now updated with our film from Corfu!

Off-Grid Installer has been promoting itself abroad for some time and has just completed the first part of an Off-Grid shipping container. Off-Grid installer has a unique product where the off-grid equipment (batteries and power electronics) is pre-fitted into a shipping container. This has many advantages and results in a minimal work on-site when the container arrives to it’s final destination. This particular project was fitted into a 20 foot high-cube shipping container, as the system is to power a shipping-container home in the lush environment of Corfu in Greece. The clients will use the rest of this particular container for storage and a gymnasium. 

The clients chose to go off-grid as the remote location of where there property is being built would mean an expensive grid connection bill. Not only this but going green meant an easier ride through the planning process and free electricity for the next 30-40 years.

The system comprises of: 

10kw inverter from Victron, which will power multiple electronic devices including, air-conditioners, lights, TV, computers, kitchen appliances and outside gardening equipment like lawnmowers and strimmer’s.   

There are 2 x 100amp solar charge regulators (MPPT) which take the power from the solar panels and regulate the power into the batteries. 

8 x 2.44 kWh (total storage of 19.52kWh) of Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries (LiFePO4), these batteries have a life of 15-18 years and  have a built in battery management system which means lots of safety features built in like over-heating etc. 

30 x 370 watt mono-crystalline of solar panels will be installed once the container is sited and the roof is built. This means a total array size of 11,100 watts of solar. In Corfu this array will generate 1000-2000 watts even when its cloudy and raining. 

A mains distribution board and AC isolator was fitted in also, this means the electricians who are wiring up the property can wire direct into this. It was an 16 way split RCD board. 

We look forward to completing this project and will take more photos and videos once the project has been completed.

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