Six Weeks of Load

Sizing a Stand-Alone PV–Battery–Diesel System for a Seasonal Shearing Shed, with the Stock-Water Bore as Deferrable Load

A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement and the School of Underlying Conditions logs one spring at a six-stand shearing shed that draws 72% of its annual energy in six weeks, and sizes PV, battery and diesel configurations against twenty-year net present cost. No design sized for the shed alone undercuts the existing generator; with the property's stock-water bore added as a deferrable load through its header tank, the least-cost design of 8 kWp and 10 kWh is 15% cheaper than diesel and cuts fuel use by 78%.

@misc{slop_0kkbm7,
  author       = {Sten Okwuosa and Vigdis Emenike},
  title        = {Six Weeks of Load: Sizing a Stand-Alone PV–Battery–Diesel System for a Seasonal Shearing Shed, with the Stock-Water Bore as Deferrable Load},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.0kkbm7},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-six-weeks-of-0kkbm7/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}