Supporting sustainability goals for local government

Client: Lake Macquarie City Council

SwitchDin has been working with Lake Macquarie City Council (LMCC) since 2017 to provide distributed energy asset monitoring and management for 29 council-owned sites across the local government area. Each site is equipped with a SwitchDin Droplet controller to connect a mix of SMA and SolarEdge PV inverters (about 60 devices in total), providing the council with data visibility and management through a single portal.

In addition to the monitoring and analytics dashboard for the fleet and individual sites, SwitchDin’s platform enables customisable alerts and the ability for the LMCC to operate its asset fleet as a virtual power plant to take advantage of new energy opportunities using both current assets as well as those connected in the future. SwitchDin is also advising the council on bolstering energy self-reliance and resilience across its sites.

Key figures:

29 sites across the LMCC local government area
61 connected devices including SMA and SolarEdge inverters

*Map view of the LMCC sites connected by SwitchDin in SwitchDin’s Stormcloud portal*

Key benefits:

Energy insights & potential for asset control through a single platform that accommodates devices from different manufacturers
Future-ready platform that allows continual addition of assets and advanced ‘new energy’ capabilities like virtual power plant participation and provision of network services
A collaborative approach to project development allows LMCC to grow to meet emerging needs and challenges