Solar energy for the island of Marlon Brando
Brando Island Island Electrification / Tourism 2018
Hollywood legend Marlon Brando had a life dream; a sustainable, exclusive resort “The Brando” on the paradisiac atoll of Tetiaroain French Polynesia.
For the hotel the new SMA solution enables not only a solar energy ratio of 60%, but improves significantly the grid in terms of resilience and quality, harmonics, stability of frequency and voltage and a full UPS function. It blackstarts the grid within seconds.
Plant information
Installed PV power
1.3 MWp
Installed storage capacity
2.6 MWh
Generator capacity
1.2 MVA
SMA System Technology
Sunny Central Storage 2200 Grid Forming
MV Block and MVS
Hybrid Controller
32 SMA Sunny Tripower PV inverters
Special features of the energy system
Largest BEES in French Polynesia
Stable utility grid in just seconds thanks to the Blackstart function
Annual solar fraction of over 60%
500,000 liters of fuel saved annually
