Commercial MPowerTank System

Empowering Sustainable Grid Independence

Commercial MPowerTank System

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Our system empowers you to take control of your energy, work sustainably and reduce your reliance on the grid. Chemical fire risk-free and guaranteed to last 20+ years for your business at full capacity, enjoy peace of mind with our MPowerTank system.

Reduce your electricity bill with powerful, durable, reliable and safe energy storage

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Are you unhappy with your electricity retailer – have you had a shock on your electricity bill, despite installing a large solar system? Or perhaps you plan on increasing your energy usage, like new machinery, expansion plans, additional shifts or just want to invest towards a net zero emission target. Invest in an energy solution that holistically reduces your bills and provides backup power to key business equipment for 20+ years, guaranteed.

Advantages

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The MPowerTank presents key advantages over chemical batteries in reducing your power bills sustainably. Together with our innovative pricing and wholesale energy market price offer (coming soon), we are confident we can reduce your bills for 20+ years.

20+ year investment at 2 times a day

Boasting an amazing 11,000 cycles of storage, 30 years once a day or 20 years at 2 cycles a day. Finally a battery that lasts as long as your solar panel investment.

Safe from chemical fires

The mechanical battery does not use chemicals as the method to store energy, so there is no risk of lithium fires that can’t be put out, or other chemical fires.

100% capacity, guaranteed

No matter how much you use the system, it will always have the same capacity at the end of its life as it did brand new. Feel free, using the MPowerTank with multiple times a day with no impact to your system capacity.

Industrial grade automation

We use industrial grade control and monitoring equipment that is contained in an Australian made IP66 control cabinet. We provide automation services that ensure our system never interferes with your power in case of fault, but always tries to reduce bills as efficiently as possible.

Blackout protection

Increase your resilience to natural disasters, with an automatic back-up load circuit that can power your emergency power loads during a black-out event.

Wholesale energy price offer – COMING SOON

Do you want to pay wholesale electricity pricing? Ask to join our MoneySpinner service to trade on the grid when the price is right. Our system does all the thinking and work, you just sit back and earn passive income from your solar.

Commercial Projects

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Request to see a local MPowerTank

Contact us and mention that you would like to see a local MPowerTank system so we can arrange with your nearest demonstration site!

Configuration

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The MPowerTank is a turn-key AC coupled energy storage system, with additional modular mechanical batteries, that we can customise if needed for your commercial project.

What’s Included in the MPowerTank System

  • Flywheel (Amber Kinetics’ M-series flywheel and e-box, vacuum pump and accessories)
  • Above-ground enclosures (24kWh or 32kWh models available)
  • 20kW Inverter – 3 phase, multi-mode (off-grid and on-grid/generator ready), hybrid (solar + battery) inverter
  • Key Energy SENSSA Energy Management and Control System (Hardware + Software)

Specifications

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SpecificationMPowerTank M24MPowerTank M32
Energy Capacity (kWh) modular, up to MWh24 32
Charge & Discharge Power Capacity (kW)88
Charge/Discharge Duration (hours minimum)34
Cycle Design Life (cycles) no daily cycle limit11,000
GHG EmissionsNone
Temperature (℃ operating) -20C to 50C
Round trip efficiency (DC to DC includes self discharge)~90% >86%
Max output DC current (A)13
DC Input-Output Voltage Range (VDC), nominal550 – 750, 650VDC
Self Discharge (Watts, Average over charge/discharge cycle)<100W (average), <350W (max)
Auxiliary Power (Watts, 240VAC Average over SOC range)<140W (average), <300W (max)
Full Power Response (mS)>80mS
Installation MethodAbove Ground
Noise (from electronics box)<65dB(A)
Modularity1 to 16 units (24kWh to 512kWh) per array, multiple arrays possible
Illustration and performance data are for reference only.
Materials and specifications are subject to change without notice.

On-grid MPowerTank Real Time Operations Dashboard via our SENSSA Energy Management & Control System

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Our industrial grade SENSSA Energy Management & Control System provides a real-time view of your power system, with more detailed information and customisable to your needs. This live real project data is of the pilot commercial system in Armidale, NSW, Australia. Learn more about the project

Pricing

Invest in a lower grid bill for over 20 years

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Our system can save you more money than solar alone, for 20+ years depending on the intensity of use. If you use the system once a day, it will last 30 years, if twice a day (say, to offset an early morning start-up routine) potentially 20 years. Customers that can export and sell energy back into the grid, even at low “feed in tariff” rates are achieving credits to their bills once again!

Compared to traditional storage solutions like lithium batteries, flywheel technology has a significantly lower Levelised Cost of Storage (LCOS) starting from c. $0.15/kWh, compared to the LCOS average for lithium batteries from $0.28/kWh. If you pay more than $0.15/kWh for peak period electricity, then you will be saving with our storage system. 

You can either start with a standard basic package or we offer custom options for your project to make it work for your business. Every project is different, and pricing depends on many factors such as where your project is, how much storage you need, how much solar you have or will add, panel type and size, scope of works, government rebates and grants, project complexity and distance from the nearest port or depot.

Upfront outright purchase

Generally, a good budget guide is to estimate roughly 10-20% more than a good quality battery system, fully installed, excluding freight (which we provide at cost) and GST (as our customers are mainly GST registered businesses). Prices start from around $1,400 / kWh fully installed ex freight ex GST (i.e. $33,600 for the 24kWh size system, or $44,800 for the 32kWh system) fully installed ex freight ex GST for a single unit MPowerTank system, and can rapidly reduce in cost per kWh if multiple mechanical batteries are added (as you generally only need to pay for additional mechanical batteries), but could also increase in price if more components are required (e.g. larger inverter, contactor, control cabinet or components).

Leasing and third party financing options

Key Energy offers a range of flexible financing options designed to make owning a flywheel energy storage system accessible and impactful. Some of our lease payment plans and lengths can result in a monthly payment of less than $500/month ex GST at current interest rates and depending on the length of the lease. Call us to find out more about what your system investment is!

Early Adopter Offer

If you are the first client to install a mechanical battery in your area and are open to future customers taking a look at your system, you will be able to access a variety of benefits for your project. Simply request a quote and tell us where the project is, and if you’re the first in the area we’ll make the offer to you automatically!

Key Energy’s Design to Discharging Process

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Initial enquiry, design meeting, and site inspection
2-4 weeks
Details

Give us a call or fill in an Enquiry Form to begin the journey of controlling your power. Tell us about your business or project goals, and ideally have some data available for us to design your project correctly. If your project is simple and you know what and how many MPowerTanks you want, we will explain the system in detail and answer any questions you may have. For complex projects we will assess the data to give you a high level solution design proposal and rough order of magnitude project costs.

If you agree to continue, one of our technicians or representatives will visit your proposed site to collect additional data (e.g. photos of site switchboards), confirm access and other installation requirements, update the quote if necessary, and talk you through the draft solution design.

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Final Design and Contract
2-4 weeks
Details

With an agreement on all the project details you will be provided a final technical plan with scope of works, solution outcomes, possible variations and a total cost of work, as well as areas that could risk fee over-runs, though we try to minimise these as much as possible. Once you understand and are happy with the project proposal, you will be able to sign the contract to begin the delivery process.

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Site preparation (e.g. slab preparation) and delivery
1-6 weeks
Details

If you have no pre-existing base slab, then you will need time to prepare the concrete slab to our engineered specification, or we can provide a pre-cast concrete slab. If you have an existing concrete base and location on site to use, we will confirm that it is suitable for the loadings of the MPowerTank. Stock that has passed our Factory Acceptance Testing is kept on-shore in our Sydney factory and warehouse, and can be shipped to order to any port destination as required. We generally arrange delivery that suits you or your client’s timing and minimises expensive logistics costs. We can have a unit shipped within the week if you have everything ready.

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Installation and Commissioning
2-3 days
Details

Before the system is installed Key Energy with prepare all material, installers and certificates before the project starts. Key Energy will send our commissioning specialist together with the installer electricians. Installation usually takes 1-2 days.

Commissioning is the process of turning the system on and providing power to your business, and running a series of tests to ensure the system is working in combination with various other machinery and equipment, such as existing AC coupled solar. Key Energy performs and monitors a full cycle test, both locally and with remote support, and once tested, hands over the system providing all information on how to operate, troubleshoot and monitor the system

STEP
Maintain and enjoy your MPowerTank
Ongoing
Details

Key Energy will remotely monitor your system for any alarms or faults for a 12 month period and to ensure that our algorithm is working appropriately as it will need more data to perform better over time. We provide SMS alerts to a designated number (or up to 12 email notifications) for any critical faults that need on-site attention. We’ll also provide you the number of a dedicated support engineer. We remind you for your scheduled maintenance, comprising an annual vacuum pump oil inspection, and dust filter cleaning. We continue to provide ongoing support and maintenance to ensure the system is operating as good as it did brand-new.