Information

The SunCube™ was launched to the world at the Green City Festival in Adelaide, South Australia, 17 Feb 2008.
SunCube™ launch on Adelaide Channel 7 News

SunCube™ on Adelaide Channel 7 TodayTonght

Press Release where GGE anounced our intention to build a 1,000 MW per year SunCube™ manufacturing facility.

GGE's exclusive ANZ distributor Zolar Distributors are now talking to potential SunCube™ customers 

South Australian Premier Mike Rann (blue shirt) discusses the SunCube™ with GGE's Ceo Greg Watson (black baseball cap)

 
SunCube™ Indian Launch:

     

Square Engineering launches the SunCube™ into the Indian market and announches they are building a 5,500m2 100MW per year SunCube™ manufacturing facility and a 5MW SunCube™ Energy Farm.

 

SunCube™ output ratings published
   

Green and Gold Energy receives a AU$450,000 order from the South Australia government 

to supply, build, commission and operate 3 grid connected SunCube™ Energy Farms.

 
An open letter to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from Dr James Hansen

SunCube Manufacturing

         
                                              Team GGE                                                                 SunCube™ manufacturing

SunCubes™ to be made available to Domestic, Commercial and Industrial on and off grid market

• SunCubes™ will be available to domestic, commercial and industrial customers worldwide, for both on and off grid use.

• We will be doing this through country and state based distributors.

• Final pricing and timing is still to be confirmed.

• GGE will not be selling SunCubes™ direct to the public. We will however continue to build solar farms.

• We can assure you the resultant SunCube $ / kWh cost will be below that which flat panels can deliver.

• SunCube™ retail warranty will be equivalent to that available for flat panels.
  

• Below are links to the OnLine SunCube™ distribution network:
  

  • Please register my interest in buying SunCubes™ for installation on my roof or property.

  • The above link is only for those in Australa, New Zealand and the island of the South Pacific.

SunCubes™ in solar farms?

• We plan to offer you two option to buy SunCube™ generated solar kWhs:

  • Buy SunCube™ generated solar kWhs from our SunCube™ solar farms. This will enable you to buy "Green Electricity" without needing to finance the purchase of SunCubes™.

  • Buy SunCube™/s in our solar farms and receive a financial return with you could decide to offset against your electricity bill.

• GGE intends to sell a limited number (approx 25%) of the SunCube™s in our SunCube™ solar parks to the general public:

  • Your SunCube™/s generated kWhs would create an annual income stream that you can offset as against your electricity bills.

  • The effect on lowering your electricity bill would be the same as if your SunCube™/s were on your roof.

  • Imagine your own solar power without it needing to be on your roof.

  • If you move premises, your SunCube™ effectively moves with you at NO cost.

• This means owning your own SunCube™/s is no longer limited to just home owners:

  • Under our scheme those who:

    • Own their home but do not wish to install SunCubes on their roof or property

    • Rent

    • Live in apartments

    • Live under a restricted strata title arrangement

    • Live in community housing

    • Caravans

    • Can't afford the high capital cost of solar

    • Wish to gift SunCubes™ to others to help to reduce their electricity bills

    • etc,

    Can still enjoy the benefits of owning their own SunCube™/s even if they start at just one.

• GGE plans to sell SunCube™e generated solar kWhs to government, industrial, commercial and domestic electricity customers all across Australia.

• GGE also plan sell Carbon Credits to those with carbon debits.

• More details of this world first offer later.

• Please register my interest in buying SunCubes in one of GGE's SunCube™ solar farms

  • This is a automated email address, date and time collector.

  • You will not get a reply until we start to build our first solar park

• SunCube™ DC kWh generation per year based on 10 year Nasa averaged Adelaide Direct Beam solar availability of 5.5 kWh/m2/day
• 700 to 750 DC kWh per year.
  

• Flat panel Watt peak array size needed to achieve the same DC kWh generation per year as the SunCube™
• 500 Watts peak (STC) of fixed flat panels.
  

• SunCube™ Watts output under a very conservative 750 W/m2 of real world sun and real operating cell temperature
• 221 Watts. (see below for detailed measurement protocol)
  

• SunCube™ flat panel equivalence Watt peak output under flat panel Standard Test Conditions (STC) of 1,000 W/m2, 25 deg C cell temperature & AMI (Air Mass Index) 1.5. 
• 322 Watts peak (STC). 
• Is this a real world output? No it is not, but then neither is the STC Watt peak output of a flat panel. 
• The SunCube™ flat panel equivalence Watt peak output is a calculation as to what GGE would expect if the SunCube was subjected to the STC Watt peak output rating system used by flat panels.
• We know of no measurement technology or PV / CPV test lab that can currently do this measurement.