Projects

 

We relish the opportunity to tackle interesting and unusual solar system design challenges and requests.

Solar system design can vary from the small and simple to the large and complicated.  Some require Computer design modelling to take into consideration shading as the sun moves during the day.

There are too many to list here but the following provides a sample of the interesting and sometimes unusual projects.

 

 

Date Posted: 15 February 2021

This all-Australian 5 star apartment-on-wheels is based on the American morothome. It is 12.3m long with two bedrooms that can be lifted so items can be stored underneath such as motorbi...

Date Posted: 15 August 2019

When structures cannot support the weight of glass solar panels! The lightweight construction of the Wharf 7 Maritime Heritage Centre at the Australian National...

Date Posted: 30 April 2019

Solar Power for river cruise boat to see the orangutans in Borneo WOW Borneo Kalimantan Tour Destinations (KTD)’s newest boat ‘Kumai’ has eArc lightweight solar pa...

Date Posted: 20 February 2019

This horse float is one of many that have a living are at the front and the horse compartment at the rear. The photo below shows a the motorhome leaving our warehouse after having th...

Date Posted: 17 December 2018

We never anticipated that our solar panels would be laser cut into the shape of the International Date Line! A work of art by James Geurts sees two of our 90W lightweight flexible so...

Date Posted: 5 November 2018

At the height of summer, Antarctica experiences 24 hours of daylight, a valuable source of renewable energy. The Australian Antrctic Division (AAD) has used solar power for a number of years t...

Date Posted: 20 July 2018

Solar 4 RVs has designed and assembled a solar system for a new gantry crane to be installed in mid-2019 at Kununurra. ...

Date Posted: 28 March 2018

Solar 4 RVs has installed a Solbian CP144W lightweight solar panel, a Votronic 240 20A solar charge controller and LCD remote display to a Landcruiser support vehicle to charge the...

Date Posted: 1 August 2017

We have provided 2 x SP100 and 1 x SP50 SolbianFlex solar panels and three waterproof Genasun solar charge controllers to Oceanomads for a row boat that is entering the Talisker Whis...

Date Posted: 11 July 2017

Solar 4 RVs first supplied the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) with Solbian flexible solar panels and Genasun solar charge controllers for installation on Macquarie Island in 2016. ...

Date Posted: 25 May 2017

Solar 4 RVs / Solar 4 Boats supplied 15 Solbian SP125 for Tony Longhurst’s fully-electric catamaran 'Kato'. The black flexible s...

Date Posted: 4 April 2017

Solbian Italy and Solar 4 RVs have jointly supplied 8 SolbianFlex solar panels and 8 Genasun boost solar charge controllers to fit out Lisa Blair’s zero carbon emission yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. ...

Date Posted: 14 February 2017

Solar 4 RVs has provided solar as a trial for a diesel shunting locomotive. The Solbian solar panels supplied for this Downer shunting locomotive keep the locomotive’s batteries topp...

Date Posted: 9 December 2016

Our owner/engineer Phil made a number of trips to Queensland to oversee installation of our solar systems onto two solar-electric ferries built for service on Perth's Swan River in WA. He...

Date Posted: 18 November 2016

Heavy duty hydraulic lifting platforms for swimming pools benefit from our solar panels to keep the batteries charged. Pool platforms provides dignified independent access into swimming pools...

Date Posted: 20 May 2016

Solar 4 RVs has designed a solar system for the PNG Not-for-profit School-in-a-Box project. Sustain Education Art Melanesia (SEAM) Fund 's v...

Date Posted: 30 November 2015

These black Solbian solar panels have been custom fit onto a Gunboat 55 catamaran. You wouldn’t even know they are solar panels. Since solar cells are dark, they blend perfectly into a ...

Date Posted: 24 October 2015

Solar 4 RVs was proud to supply it's flexible solar panels to the Adelaide University Solar Racing Team (AUSRT) for the 2015 World Solar Challenge race. 46 Teams from 25 countries raced t...

Date Posted: 30 September 2015

A camper trailer manufacturer with a limited amount of roof space wanted to offer their customers solar power but did not want the appearance of the solar panels to be intrusive...

Date Posted: 12 July 2015

Our black, slim flexible solar panels have been installed on remote monitoring M2M stations on the Monash Freeway providing renewable and cost effective power. Machine-to-machine (M2M)&nb...