In the ever-evolving landscape of renewable energy, it can be difficult to know who to trust to take your home and business into a greener future. Local business, Polygon Energy is founded and operated by certified engineers, and recently proved their ingenuity and excellence in earning the coveted National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) Small Business Project of the Year Award.
Their winning project revolutionised a conventional solar installation into a high performance 15kW solar system. The beneficiary saw his electricity expense take a nosedive from $1,200 to $170 per quarter.
Bhavin Suthar, founder and director of Polygon Energy, explains that they achieved this dramatic outcome through a resourceful combination of solar and battery, as well as tackling the issue of runaway energy consumption with a new automatic load control solution.
It’s the latest example of Polygon Energy challenging the status quo in the renewable energy industry by providing innovative solutions, “rather than having blinkers on” when it comes to what they can provide.
“We customise the solution for the user,” says Bhavin. “When providing our services to residential or commercial clients, we take into account their current, as well as their future, requirements.”
As well as being the visionary behind Polygon Energy, Bhavin is a power systems engineer with 15 years of industry experience.
“I worked for an electricity distribution company for almost 13 years, starting out as a graduate electrical engineer. When I left in 2018, I was a principal engineer.
“That’s when we had twins. From zero to two was a bit of a challenge,” he smiles.
During long service leave, Bhavin had the chance to consider what else he could bring to the industry, and how he could make the world a cleaner and greener place for the next generation.
“There was a lot happening in the renewable energy industry, but it was all in bits and pieces,” he says.
Today, Polygon Energy is a comprehensive one-stop-shop providing:
- Solar PV installations
- Energy storage and management
- Microgrids
- Community battery solutions
- Off-grid solutions
- Small- and large-scale wind solutions
“We are highly engineering focused, more than 70 per cent of our staff are qualified engineers,” says Bhavin. “From day one, the goal was to provide quality service to all users.”
With increasing electricity prices, many Canberrans are looking to power their homes and businesses off-grid. Polygon Energy specialises in the design and maintenance of off-grid standalone power systems, microgrids and community batteries.
A lifelong engineer, Bhavin’s favourite part of the job is problem-solving.
“No singular customer is the same, whether residential or commercial. You’re coming across a different problem every time and trying to find a solution for that scenario, rewiring and redesigning the system to ensure their requirements are met.”
As demonstrated by their most recent awards, Polygon energy boasts the most innovative solutions in town. However, it is their quality of design, installation and after sales service that earned their 100 per cent satisfaction rate from Canberra customers and a 5-star rating on Product Reviews.
“We were very surprised that Bhavin made direct contact with us as the director of the company. He was easily the best person we spoke to from any company. He explained things to us in non-technical terms but also gave us confidence in his experience in the industry. He went above and beyond for us.”
– Jamie & Melissa, Kaleen ACT
“Installing a solar system and just walking away is one thing,” says Bhavin. “On the other hand, you can look at the current scenario and usage patterns of the consumer, and then into the future. For instance, most of the customers we see are planning on getting electric vehicles in the future.
“It is not a matter of installing the system and saying goodbye. This is a system that’s going to last for the next 20 to 25 years,” he says. “Customers want the confidence that if they run into a problem, there is someone they can call to come help them out.”
As a Clean Energy Council accredited designer and New Energy Tech Consumer Code approved seller, Polygon Energy is committed to meeting consumer protection standards, ensuring Canberrans who engage with their services to help create a greener future are in safe hands.
