Need COMMERCIAL OFF-GRID BUILDER for LARGE project

[ghostwriter66]

Have you bumped into Off Grid Enterprises? Pretty impressive group of folks that many have not heard of because they are so busy doing great work. The were working on a large order of similar sized container based systems the last time I talked to them.

Oklahoma Solar Energy | United States | Off Grid Enterprises LLC

Free-site surveys--Off Grid Enterprises designs, builds, and installs remote and residential renewable energy systems in Oklahoma and throughout the US.

www.offgridenterprises.org

Excellent ... i dropped them an email and will call them in the morning ...

 

[Dave911]

You didn't specify the time frame for the project.

Where will these be installed? West Texas?

This project would normally be broken down into tasks, such as:

1. Design
2. Build
3. Test
4. Install/commission
5. Service

You want an engineering firm/group to do the design/installation drawings and select components and draw them into the plans. You will also want the engineer/s doing the design available to overlook the build/testing and initial installations.
The customer approves the design and selections.
A company is chosen to build out the containers after they have been cleaned, painted, insulated, etc (more contractors, sub contractors).
Someone will need to figure out when and were they will be installed. A crew will need to do the installation following the plans/drawings/documents created during the design process.
A plan will also need to be created in order to service and support.

You will want whoever does the design, to be available throughout the project.

Those Conex containers with the batteries and controls are portable control rooms.
I know of a number of companies that are very good at doing control panels/rooms much more complex than what you show in the pictures.
The guys that do that everyday become very proficient. They are also very good at reporting errors when it comes to the design which is very important.

I'm an engineer, ME/EE, who has run a number of large projects and I have had my own company for 21 years. I could help you out with part of this project, but time frame is everything. I'm usually booked 3-4 months in advance. I am in the Midwest (Indiana) and I try to stay within a state or two of Indiana, but I have done work in Texas twice in the past two years. I usually travel every week.

I have connections to shops throughout the Midwest that can do everything you need. These are not "garage shop" guys. The one fabricator I work with has well over 40,000 sq ft of shop space. They could do all of the Conex container prep, welding in doors, openings, etc. They have a large CNC laser cutter in house and are masters of the craft. A panel shop I work with could easily fit, install, and wire 5 Conex containers at a time inside their shop.

Onsite installation is a different story, but I bet your company knows of a local company who could install these or would your crews do that? That should be relatively easy after everything is tested and proven, and documented.

 

[peakbagger]

If you are serious Nothern Reliability in VT is a spin off of Northern Power Systems that were supplying off gird power systems for decades. They blit the remote power systems to supply line stations along a big oil pipeline in Georgia (the country) about 15 years ago. They were doing remote systems for the US border patrol, The recently got boght out by Kore Power

KORE Power Acquires Northern Reliability Inc. (NRI); Announces Launch of KORE Solutions

KORE Power, Inc. has acquired Northern Reliability (NRI) and launched KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator operate as a division of KORE Power.

korepower.com

 

[toms]

You didn't specify the time frame for the project.

Where will these be installed? West Texas?

This project would normally be broken down into tasks, such as:

1. Design
2. Build
3. Test
4. Install/commission
5. Service

You want an engineering firm/group to do the design/installation drawings and select components and draw them into the plans. You will also want the engineer/s doing the design available to overlook the build/testing and initial installations.
The customer approves the design and selections.
A company is chosen to build out the containers after they have been cleaned, painted, insulated, etc (more contractors, sub contractors).
Someone will need to figure out when and were they will be installed. A crew will need to do the installation following the plans/drawings/documents created during the design process.
A plan will also need to be created in order to service and support.

You will want whoever does the design, to be available throughout the project.

Those Conex containers with the batteries and controls are portable control rooms.
I know of a number of companies that are very good at doing control panels/rooms much more complex than what you show in the pictures.
The guys that do that everyday become very proficient. They are also very good at reporting errors when it comes to the design which is very important.

I'm an engineer, ME/EE, who has run a number of large projects and I have had my own company for 21 years. I could help you out with part of this project, but time frame is everything. I'm usually booked 3-4 months in advance. I am in the Midwest (Indiana) and I try to stay within a state or two of Indiana, but I have done work in Texas twice in the past two years. I usually travel every week.

I have connections to shops throughout the Midwest that can do everything you need. These are not "garage shop" guys. The one fabricator I work with has well over 40,000 sq ft of shop space. They could do all of the Conex container prep, welding in doors, openings, etc. They have a large CNC laser cutter in house and are masters of the craft. A panel shop I work with could easily fit, install, and wire 5 Conex containers at a time inside their shop.

Onsite installation is a different story, but I bet your company knows of a local company who could install these or would your crews do that? That should be relatively easy after everything is tested and proven, and documented.

You need to get @HighDesertOffgrid working for you - he can do all that in half a day.

 

[HighDesertOffgrid]

You need to get @HighDesertOffgrid working for you - he can do all that in half a day.

Maybe 3 on a good day.

 

[Dave911]

Maybe 3 on a good day.

Ok, but Ill be pushing you for 4 in a day. ?

 

[HighDesertOffgrid]

Ok, but Ill be pushing you for 4 in a day. ?

I cleared the Sahara Forest for a future solar site on time and under budget.

 

[ghostwriter66]

If you are serious Nothern Reliability in VT is a spin off of Northern Power Systems that were supplying off gird power systems for decades. They blit the remote power systems to supply line stations along a big oil pipeline in Georgia (the country) about 15 years ago. They were doing remote systems for the US border patrol, The recently got boght out by Kore Power

KORE Power Acquires Northern Reliability Inc. (NRI); Announces Launch of KORE Solutions

KORE Power, Inc. has acquired Northern Reliability (NRI) and launched KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator operate as a division of KORE Power.

korepower.com

Thanks ... will reach out to them ... they may simply be tooooo far north and west of us to make this feasible .. but if their pricing is right it all works out ...

 

[ghostwriter66]

Have you bumped into Off Grid Enterprises? Pretty impressive group of folks that many have not heard of because they are so busy doing great work. The were working on a large order of similar sized container based systems the last time I talked to them.

Oklahoma Solar Energy | United States | Off Grid Enterprises LLC

Free-site surveys--Off Grid Enterprises designs, builds, and installs remote and residential renewable energy systems in Oklahoma and throughout the US.

www.offgridenterprises.org

so i think they may be out of business .. we called 4X over last 2 weeks and each time went to a VM ... they never answered any of the 4 emails ... nor 4 text messages ...

Their website also doesn't seem to have been updated for a while either ...

Thats too bad though ..would have been a good location for us

 

[ghostwriter66]

If you are serious Nothern Reliability in VT is a spin off of Northern Power Systems that were supplying off gird power systems for decades. They blit the remote power systems to supply line stations along a big oil pipeline in Georgia (the country) about 15 years ago. They were doing remote systems for the US border patrol, The recently got boght out by Kore Power

KORE Power Acquires Northern Reliability Inc. (NRI); Announces Launch of KORE Solutions

KORE Power, Inc. has acquired Northern Reliability (NRI) and launched KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator operate as a division of KORE Power.

korepower.com

we just left them a voicemail ...they did not have a email available .... and i'm too lazy to fill out a 30 field form ... I tell you ... these companies that do NOT list an email address misses out on a tremendous amount of sales ...

 

[OzSolar]

so i think they may be out of business .. we called 4X over last 2 weeks and each time went to a VM ... they never answered any of the 4 emails ... nor 4 text messages ...

Their website also doesn't seem to have been updated for a while either ...

Thats too bad though ..would have been a good location for us

They are still around but since he doesn't know you he may not be in any hurry to respond. Just sent you a PM with his contact info.

 

[featherlite]

I'm an engineer, ME/EE, who has run a number of large projects and I have had my own company for 21 years. I could help you out with part of this project, but time frame is everything. I'm usually booked 3-4 months in advance. I am in the Midwest (Indiana)

How about purchasing the containers in Indiana, build out containers with electronics in Indiana, then ship completed containers to final location (Texas?). Dave911 to consult and oversee the work.

 

[Dave911]

How about purchasing the containers in Indiana, build out containers with electronics in Indiana, then ship completed containers to final location (Texas?). Dave911 to consult and oversee the work.

That is a possibility. There are a lot of containers in the Chicago and Detroit areas.
They would probably want some one trip containers. And it would be really nice if they were all the same.

 

[Danke]

Are you still looking? I found an outfit that said they are interested.

 

[Dave911]

I talked to the Panel builder this last week when they visited the site Im working at with some of their panels. They are interested in quoting the assembly and wiring. They have no interest in prepping the containers, as I suspected. If you need ground mounts constructed for the panels, the fabrication outfit who can prep the containers, can make whatever you want for panel support. They have an engineering group I work with.

 

[ghostwriter66]

How about purchasing the containers in Indiana, build out containers with electronics in Indiana, then ship completed containers to final location (Texas?). Dave911 to consult and oversee the work.

So we think we found two avenues this last week -- we have decided to use the SOLARKs -- we have been playing with some of the 12K and 15Ks and WOW is all I can say ... i will though send you a PM tomorrow (ish) ... our options are still open ... Indiana may actually work ... one of the lead power-engineers is out of the Detroit office now thats working this project ...

 

[ghostwriter66]

Are you still looking? I found an outfit that said they are interested.

Hi -- yep we are still figuring out the team at least until we get the go ahead to begin work ... sort of like musical chairs ...

 

[ghostwriter66]

Renogy

SOOOO --- after us trying to blow allot of things up -- and being successful with most --- we have decided on using the SOLARK-12 and 15s and for batteries probably either the GOBEL or the EEL stuff ... both of those we have had excellent results from ...

 

[ghostwriter66]

I talked to the Panel builder this last week when they visited the site Im working at with some of their panels. They are interested in quoting the assembly and wiring. They have no interest in prepping the containers, as I suspected. If you need ground mounts constructed for the panels, the fabrication outfit who can prep the containers, can make whatever you want for panel support. They have an engineering group I work with.

For ground mounts we are going to be using https://www.currentconnected.com/pr...4LGX3faYSR-UlescVFtbejkAGMkdu3fEaAkQxEALw_wcB

 

[Hedges]

SOOOO --- after us trying to blow allot of things up -- and being successful with most --- we have decided on using the SOLARK-12 and 15s and for batteries probably either the GOBEL or the EEL stuff ... both of those we have had excellent results from ...

Will you be posting those under "Up in Smoke!"?

Unlike some youtubers accused of making for-commission hit pieces, you're trying to sort the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Danke]

Hi -- yep we are still figuring out the team at least until we get the go ahead to begin work ... sort of like musical chairs ...

Have you checked your mailbox here?

 

[ghostwriter66]

Will you be posting those under "Up in Smoke!"?

Unlike some youtubers accused of making for-commission hit pieces, you're trying to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Actually at this point we have simply became lazy and let everyone else do the heavy lifting ... we have grown out of our - "Hey grab a fire extinguisher and lets see if this will really handle the AMPS it says it does" ...

so of course my/our TOP 5 YOUTUBE channels that has literally taken us from ZERO to HERO to SuperStars at work - and in no particular order are:

1. DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse - https://www.youtube.com/@WillProwse .... this is the one that really got us smart on the entire "how the hell are we going to make this solar shit work?" ... I started watching him when he was still living in a van ...even though I was a freshly graduated EE at the time - I had zero understanding of SOLAR. My training was in Heavy Power Distribution (aka - BIG ASS AC) - when I was told sitting in a nice office in LA that the company was going to be moving allot of these smaller generators in West Texas and New Mexico offline and onto Solar because they wanted to pretend to save the environment, (and get a good tax break) and also probably place a token female minority in that position - I was like - "man I feel sorry for whoever gets stuck with THAT job" ... my first thought should have actually been "wonder why they are sharing this story with ME?" .... however years later we are really all having a good time doing this stuff daily - my team has gone from (2) to about (15) and the company actually MAKES money using solar instead of these generators - which means that ppl are now actually trying to get onto our alternative energy teams since the pay, bonuses, and promotions are better than most other sections ...

2. Off-Grid Garage - https://www.youtube.com/@OffGridGarageAustralia .... OMG I love this guy .... watching him is more like watching a NETFLIX comedy/documentary then a simply YouTube spot ... his journey along the solar highway is more of a work in progress then a HOW TO ...- numerous of his ideas we have simply copied - we let him figure out all the mundane stuff and then at the end just simply order what best works for him ...

3. Engineer775 - https://www.youtube.com/@engineer775 .... he does a really good job of taking you from the installation of the ground mounts all the way through trenching and installation and testing -- for us allot of times THATS the hard part -- figuring out the wiring ...

4. UnpluggedTexan - same as #4 ... https://www.youtube.com/@unpluggedtexan .... very thorough explanations of what they are doing and why -- or at the very least you can stop/freeze the video and copy what he is doing on paper ...

5. DavidPoz - https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPozEnergy ,,,, yeah he is the one that REALLY got us into making our own battery stuff -- probably has saved us 20's of thousands in the early days ... now days its just not worth the time effort or price savings to do your own - the costs have really gone down ... but his channel is well worth watching ....


Honorary Mentions:
1. HighTechLab - https://www.youtube.com/@HighTechLab ....demos some really cool solar stuff --

2. Јоhn Daniel - https://www.youtube.com/@JOHNDANIEL1 ....although his videos sometimes seem to be filmed by someone having a mild seizure -- his videos has helped us out tremendously on wind projects -- i will say that we have mirrored his exact system about 20X with excellent success out here in West Texas oilfields ..

3. Easypowerwall - https://www.youtube.com/@easypowerwall .... demos some really cool solar stuff -- VERY tight solutions ...

4. Lithium Solar - https://www.youtube.com/@LithiumSolar ....excellent product reviews - YES he's more of an infomercial but that's fine - he does good reviews ... worth the watch

5. Ray Builds Cool Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/@RayBuildsCoolStuff ....he got us onto APEXIUM DIY battery containers which are great -- that's really our go-to at this point ... just that alone saved us soooo much time and money early on ..

 

[toms]

Can you let us know what you ended up with? @ghostwriter66 ?

 

[KianMunoz]

Looking for a commercial off-grid builder for a large project? I suggest checking out Government Jobs boards. They often list contracts for construction projects, including off-grid builds. These projects can be massive and require specialized skills, so it's worth exploring these avenues. Additionally, networking within the industry or reaching out to companies that specialize in off-grid construction could lead you to the right builder for your project. Remember to vet potential builders thoroughly to ensure they can handle the scope of your project.