Why Rob Dolan Wines went solar
A Victorian winery in search of an affordable energy supply.
Rob Dolan Wines wanted to reduce electricity costs and become more self-sufficient with their energy supply.
An affordable energy source
Rob Dolan Wines crush up to 1,700 tonnes of grapes annually. The winery uses a lot of energy to create a quality product. With state-of-the-art facilities it has everything a winemaker could hope for, except for an affordable source of energy.
Going solar
We installed a 99.8 kW solar system with AGL’s Solar Smart Plan. It comes with no upfront costs on a Power Purchase Agreement. They simply had to pay for the energy produced by the system.
Rob Dolan Wines reduced their energy costs as soon as the installation and connection were complete. Our long-term solar energy rates helped the business to better plan the costs of their electricity ahead of time. Going solar also reflected the long-term sustainability objectives of the business.
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Our end-to-end solar solution can help your business to:
- reduce operating costs
- lower your carbon footprint by offsetting carbon emissions
- add solar to your electricity supply.
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1This is an estimate based on AGL’s understanding of the customer’s annual energy consumption at the premises at the time of proposal and AGL’s modelling of the solar system’s expected annual energy output at the premises at the time of proposal, taking into account predicted export to the grid.
2This is an estimate of the difference in energy costs payable by the customer over the relevant period, before and after installation of the solar system. This estimate is based on various assumptions at the time of AGL’s proposal, including in relation to the customer’s annual energy consumption at the premises, modelled solar energy generation and export at the premises, the customer’s retail tariff structure and feed-in tariff, and the price payable for solar energy.
3This is an estimate based on AGL’s modelling of the solar system’s expected annual energy output at the premises at the time of proposal, converted using the relevant National Greenhouse Account Factor for scope 2 emissions at the time of proposal.