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Benefit from production facilities close to the end market
A key advantage of using Automodular's services is our ability to set up facilities anywhere in Canada or the U.S. to meet our clients' requirements.
What we can supply:
- One or more facilities to provide sub-assembly and sequencing services;
- State of the art equipment and tooling required to perform the work;
- A highly skilled and trained labour force as well as an experienced management team;
- Quality management and quality assurance processes;
- Assistance in procurement of materials and components;
- Assistance in supply chain management;
- Working capital;
- Duties and customs support;
- Transportation and logistics support.
We can develop a program in close proximity to our clients' operations or close to installation sites. This allows our clients to reduce their costs for the transportation of major equipment and components. It also allows clients to meet domestic content requirements without having to relocate their facilities and capital equipment. We have the ability to develop a program in a very short period of time.
Meeting domestic content requirements
We can help clients meet Domestic Content Requirements, which exist in some jurisdictions. As an example, we can assist clients meet the following Domestic Content Requirements in the Ontario market ("See below: Ontario Feed-In Tariff Domestic Content Grid")
| Category | % of DCR Automodular can help achieve |
|---|---|
| Wind Power Projects Greater than 10kW | Up to 25% An additional 51% in collaboration with OEM |
| Solar Power Projects Greater than 10kW - Silicon | Up to 8% An additional 11% in collaboration with OEM |
| Solar Power Projects Greater than 10kW - Thin-Film | Up to 8% An additional 10% in collaboration with OEM |
| Solar Power Projects Less than or Equal to 10kW | Up to 9% An additional 9% in collaboration with OEM |
Automodular's capabilities can assist clients to achieve their domestic content requirements under Ontario's Feed-In Tariff Program.
| Designed Activity | Qualifying Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | (b) Hub assembly where all components required to be mounted to the hub are assembled in Ontario, and, any testing of the assembled hub occurs in Ontario | 3% |
| 7 | Heat exchanger has been assembled and tested in Ontario. | 1% |
| 9 | Power converter where the assembly, final wiring and testing has been done in Ontario | 5% |
| 12 | Control panel and electronics, where the assembly, final wiring and testing have been done in Ontario. | 2% |
| 14 |
Mutually exclusive option for nacelle shell: (a) Nacelle shell where successive assembly of the armature and shell materials has occurred in Ontario. |
2% |
| 15 | Pad mount or equivalent transformers that have been wound and tested in Ontario. | 2% |
| 16 | Grid connection, where the transformers used in the grid connection have been wound and tested in Ontario. For greater certainty, this does not include pad mount or equivalent transformers. | 10% |
| Designed Activity | Qualifying Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 5, 12, 21 |
Inverter, where the assembly, final wiring and testing has been done in Ontario. | 8% |
Automodular can also assist clients with the assembly and testing portion of the following activities:
| Designed Activity | Qualifying Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wind turbine blades cast in a mould in Ontario, and instrumentation that is within the blades has been assembled in Ontario. | 16% |
| 2 |
Mutually exclusive option for pitch systems: (a) Geared Pitch System, where the gear wheels for the pitch system have been cut, carburized and ground in Ontario, and where the pitch system has been assembled and tested in Ontario. OR |
3% |
| (b) Gearless Pitch System, where the mechanical components of the pitch system have been machined in Ontario, and where the pitch system has been assembled and tested in Ontario. | 3% | |
| 3 | Yaw system where the gear wheels for the yaw system have been cut, carburized and ground in Ontario, and where the yaw system has been assembled and tested in Ontario. | 7% |
| 5 |
Mutually exclusive option for drives: (a) For geared drive turbines that use a gearbox: Gearbox where gear wheels have been cut, carburized and ground in Ontario, and where the gearbox has been assembled and tested in Ontario. For greater certainty, the gearbox refers to the mechanism that increases the speed of rotation of the generator's shaft. Other gearboxes that are in or form part of another component, e.g. in the yaw system, are included as part of the Designated Activity relating to such other component, as applicable. OR |
11% |
| (b) For direct drive turbines that do not use a gearbox, no Qualifying Percentage shall be awarded for gearboxes. | 0% | |
| 6 |
Mutually exclusive option for generator and brake: (a) For geared drive turbines that use a gearbox: Generator and brake, where the generator has been assembled and tested in Ontario. The generator is made up of a rotor, stator, rotor bearings and structures that hold the bearings and stator. For a generator that does not form an integral part of the nacelle, the generator includes the encapsulation of the foregoing components. The manufacturing of the generator must have also included the cutting and assembly of the stator and rotor plates in addition to their winding in Ontario. If the generator uses permanent magnets, these must be installed in Ontario. OR |
3% |
| (b) For direct drive turbines that do not use a gearbox: Generator and brake, where the generator has been assembled and tested in Ontario. The generator is made up of a rotor, stator, rotor bearings and structures that hold the bearings and stator. For a generator that does not form an integral part of the nacelle, the generator includes the encapsulation of the foregoing components. The manufacturing of the generator must have also included the cutting and assembly of the stator and rotor plates in addition to their winding in Ontario. If the generator uses permanent magnets, these must be installed in Ontario. | 14% |
Automodular provides a complete suite of assembly and support services.