Background

  • Being in remote Australia, the Roper Gulf Council required a lighting system that would be:
    • Able to handle the regional environment,
    • Off-grid to reduce electricity costs,
    • Easy to assemble by their Works Crew at their depot,
    • Able to be installed without an electrician,
    • Low maintenance

Solution

  • Designed to withstand the harshest conditions on the planet, including flood prone areas and desert locations.
  • Completely off-grid ready, along with its low voltage system which allows the light to be installed without an electrician.Green Frog Systems’ GFS-200 was a perfect solution for the Roper Gulf Council, being:Delivered in an easy to assemble kit form.

Outcome

  • “Being able to put them together ourselves is a cost saving in itself making them much cheaper than mains powered street lights. They are very low maintenance and will give substantial cost savings over standard street lighting. Improved public lighting improves the safety and security of our towns and encourages use of public spaces”

– Khalid Aly, Project Manager, Roper Gulf Regional Council

  • Following the project, the Roper Gulf Regional Council has purchased further systems from us including in the Ngukurr Remote Aboriginal Community, which you can read about here

Testimonial

  • “It is all really very straight forward. Once we set up the concrete base at its location, we just bolt it in. As they are 12-volt LED lights they do not require an electrician and it all slots together” – Tony Berto, Technical Services Manager
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Solar Park Lighting – Roper Gulf Council

The years of development in Australia has resulted in a world class solar light kit that can be installed without the need of an electrician or anyone with electrical experience.

These lights are going in some pretty extreme environments in the Top End of NT in Arnhem Land which tests the units for the most extremes in climate. Our units have been tested over many years in these environments so Green Frog Systems and the Councils in the Northern Territory are confident in the lights ability to handle these environments. Currently installed in Mataranka, Beswick, Eva valley, Bulman, Jilkminggan, Numbulwar, Barunga Weemol and Ngukurr communties

You can see the write up in the original Roper Gulf Regional Council Newsletter here. 

Even the most mechanically and spatially aware can be challenged by putting together “flat packs”. Tears and harsh words are often heard during the assembly process but not at the Roper Gulf Regional Council Depot in Emungalan Road. The Works Crew has been asked to assemble and erect 30 new state of the art solar street lights straight from the box. The crews did a test run at the depot recently and were able to easily put together the lighting rig and wire the solar panel and battery pack. “No problem, it is all really very straight forward. Once we set up the concrete base at its location we just bolt it in. As they are 12 volt LED lights they do not require an electrician and it all slots together”, said Tony Berto Manger of Technical Services. The thirty new solar lights, designed in Australia, will be placed in most Roper Gulf Regional Towns. Khalid Aly the Roper Gulf Regional Council Project Manager is very enthusiastic about the lights, “Being able to put them together ourselves is a cost saving in itself making them much cheaper than mains powered street lights. They are very low maintenance and will give substantial cost savings over standard street lighting. Improved public lighting improves the safety and security of our towns and encourages use of public spaces” he said.

 

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You can read the original Roper Gulf Community Council Newsletter

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