Australian Energy Research Labs

Company Description

Australian Energy Research Laboratories (AERL) designs, manufactures and distributes highly reliable and efficient specialised power electronic controllers for use in solar, micro hydro, micro wind and off-grid cathodic protection applications. Founded in 1985 to pioneer the development and commercialisation of the world's first maximum power point tracker (MPPT) solar charge controller for use in photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems ? the AERL ?MAXIMIZER? - AERL has now developed more than 50 different models of high-performance power electronic controllers for use in multiple renewable energy power applications.In over 28 years of trading, AERL has supplied literally thousands of controllers to satisfied customers all around the world. AERL's MPPT solar charge controllers alone have now totalled an astonishing 750 million field operating hours supplying an incredible 12MW of power (installed capacity) to customers worldwide. This amount of renewable energy power offsets a staggering 35,000t of CO2 per year, making AERL not only a major driving force in the clean tech industry, but also a significant contributor to the global cause for environmental preservation.Exclusively designed and manufactured in Australia, AERL's current product range benefits from almost 30 years and several million dollars of R&D investment. Years of highly skilled engineering, with an attention to detail bordering on obsession, as well as a strict policy of using only premium quality components, employment of stringent quality control processes and manufacturing and testing100% of its entire product line in-house here in Australia, has earned AERL a strong reputation in the global industry for product reliability and efficiency.A number of longtime customers have reported trouble free operation of AERL controllers for even up to 20 years in some instances, with very little or even no down time at all during that period.