Accurate Solar - Developer and manufacturer of products for the renewable energy field

Developing Solar Power For Business

Accurate Solar Power commenced operation in June of 2007, to develop and manufacture products for the renewable energy field. Newdoll Enterprises invents electrical products for numerous industries, and has now applied that knowledge and experience to the solar market.

Ronald Newdoll, the President of Newdoll Enterprises, first became interested in the solar energy business in 2003, when he made the decision to convert the power for his Edison Technology Park 85,000 square foot industrial complex to solar power. The PG&E Incentives and Tax Rebates offered at the time provided a formula for fiscal feasibility. This, along with the desire to help the environment, prompted him to invest his time and energy into one of the largest privately owned solar power generating facilities in California. This system harvests enough solar energy to supply 100% of the electrical energy used by all the tenants based in the complex.

Newdoll has a background in the electronics industry and in the construction business, which gave him the tools he needed to oversee the installation of this 400 KW solar generating system. He acted as the designer, purchasing agent and general contractor for the project, which helped him to contain costs and allowed him to learn about power generating systems, at every step of the process. He decided to use inverters and solar panels from different manufacturers in order to compare their results. As a result, he gained knowledge and experience in this field that allowed him to design and develop, more efficient, cost effective products.

Newdoll has a “green” vision for the future. His business, Newdoll Enterprises, was one of the first in San Mateo County to receive a Green Building Certificate. His industrial complex generates 570,000-kilowatt hours of power each year, keeping 333,333 pounds of pollution out of the air. His next construction venture, a 40,000 square foot building adjacent to the current complex, will incorporate every conceivable “green” idea available, with solar generated electricity providing 100% of the building needs. Solar generated hot water and steam will provide 100% of the HVAC for the building with the excess steam used to power stream turbines to co-generate additional electrical power. Rainwater collection will be used for landscaping and toilet flushing. Other features include high efficiency lighting, low flush toilets, drought resistant landscaping and use of recycled material where possible. Incorporating the new photovoltaic smart-system will add to the “greening” of this new building.

Argil Shaver is key to the development of these innovative solar products. Argil is the chief technology officer (CTO) with fifteen years of experience in inverter design. His experience includes development of embedded hardware and software for real-time control packages, which graduated into other marketable applications. Argil headed a team that integrated an embedded microprocessor into the solid-state frequency converters and this is where he gained experience with the UL (Underwriter’s Laboratory) certification process for power electronics. Another one of his projects was redesigning interface and controls for high voltage, high current test equipment for use by public utilities. He also improved designs for AC to DC and DC to AC conversion in military applications. Military specifications require performance in extreme environmental conditions.

Argil started researching renewable energy sources and became extremely fascinated with solar power in 2002. His neighbor’s solar installation piqued his interest. He was asked to trouble shoot any problems that they had with the installation. While repairing the system, he made a few keen observations that are translated into Accurate Solar’s new products. While developing these products and maintaining the existing system at the Edison Technology Park complex, it became obvious that a monitoring system was needed to track usage and spot problems. This program monitors each string (voltage and current coming from the panels) in the solar array,

Argil is proud to have invented these new technological innovations to improve the performance of photovoltaic systems in the renewable energy sector.