Re-deployable solar lighting and power on an engineered ballasted steel base. Forklift it into position, fill the base with local ballast, raise the mast — no concrete, no fuel, no grid connection. Lighting designed to Australian Standards, wind-rated to your region.
Designed & engineered in South Australia · Wind engineering to AS/NZS 1170.2 · Lighting to AS/NZS 1158 · 10-year structural warranty · 15 years supplying certified solar lighting
Every NOMAD is built on the same idea: site lighting should be an asset you move with the job, not infrastructure you pour into the ground or a diesel machine you feed every week. Each tower sits on a hot-dip galvanised steel base that is forklifted into position and ballasted on site with locally sourced fill — sand, aggregate, even iron ore on mine sites — to an engineered schedule. Panels, lights, batteries and controllers are installed, aimed and serviced at ground level. When the job moves, the ballast is emptied and returned as clean fill, the mast comes down, and the tower ships to the next job on an ordinary freight carrier — because the ballast never travels, freight stays cheap. Nothing is left behind.
| NOMAD 1 | NOMAD 2 | NOMAD 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portable solar lighting tower | Portable solar power & lighting tower | Solar street-lighting tower | |
| One-liner | All-in-one solar light on a 6.0 m mast — tower only, DEFENDER 55 or DEFENDER 70 | 1 kW rotating solar array, 10 kWh battery, up to 91,000 lm — plus a new LED outreach option for intersections | Full road-compliant lighting at 11.5 m — single or twin high-output road-optic LED |
| Lighting compliance | AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2020 Category P general illumination — P3, P4, P5 | General illumination to AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2020 Category P levels | Full AS/NZS 1158 Category P and Category V road lighting, categories 1–5 |
| Mounting height | 6.0 m | 6.0 m | 11.5 m |
| Battery storage | Up to 1,152 Wh (in head) | 10 kWh (20 kWh option) | 10 kWh (+10 kWh aux option) |
| Best for | Pathways, gates, camps, car parks, events, emergency response | Yards, compounds, mine sites, events, off-grid power | Road construction, mining haul roads, civil infrastructure |
| How to buy | Contact GFS for pricing & specification | Contact GFS for pricing & specification | Contact GFS for pricing & specification |
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Not sure which tower fits your site? Tell us the location and the job — we’ll verify lighting category, wind region and solar performance for your exact coordinates before we recommend anything.
A diesel lighting tower needs fuel deliveries, engine servicing, oil, filters and an SDS folder — and it drones all night next to the crew and the neighbours. NOMAD runs on sunlight with zero fuel, zero refuelling contractors, zero emissions and zero noise. The KX1000 smart controller (NOMAD 2 and 4) automatically scales power in extended overcast so the light is never dark at sunrise.
Ballast is locally sourced fill — clean dry sand, aggregate, or whatever the site has in abundance — filled to a marked level under an engineered, published ballast schedule. No concrete footings means no excavation permits, no cure time, and no reinstatement obligations when the site closes. NOMAD 1 and NOMAD 2 are placed with the machines already on site — forklift, telehandler or any loader with forks — no crane at any point. NOMAD 4’s base is forked into place the same way; erecting its 11.5 m pole requires a crane or lifting device, once, at installation.
Temporary lighting still has to be right: an unrated tower that topples in a squall damages plant, injures people and lands on your incident register. Every NOMAD is designed to AS/NZS 1170.2 — location dependent, meeting wind regions A–C on sand ballast and customisable to meet region D — with an engineered ballast schedule supplied with each unit and certification documentation per job site. The lighting itself is designed to the AS/NZS 1158 series, from Category P general illumination (NOMAD 1 and 2) to full Category P and V road lighting, categories 1–5 (NOMAD 4), with site entry points, gatehouses and storage yards lit to AS/NZS 1680.5 outdoor workplace lighting. Specifying rated, compliant equipment designed to the wind conditions of your location is how you minimise damage, downtime and liability.
The hand-winch telescopic mast brings the head to ground level on NOMAD 1 and 2: installation, aiming, cleaning, upgrades and servicing with no elevated work platform, no working-at-heights permits, no tilt zone. That is a line item saved on every service visit for the life of the asset.
Fixed poles are written off into the ground. Hired diesel towers are a cost that never ends. NOMAD is a capital asset that moves to the next job — and because the ballast is emptied before shipping, it moves on ordinary local freight carriers at ordinary freight rates. NOMAD 1 packs 18 assembled units into a 40’HQ container (up to 80 knock-down); NOMAD 2 ships upright, 16 to a container. Store units long-term on trickle charge, ready to deploy the day they’re needed.
Solar lighting fails when it’s sized for the brochure, not the site. Every NOMAD 2 and NOMAD 4 proposal includes a site-specific performance report built from 20 years of NASA satellite solar data for your exact coordinates: peak sun hours month by month, the longest winter night, cloudy-weather reserve, and exactly what the tower will deliver in the worst month of the year — not just the best one. If a configuration can’t hold full power through winter at your site, we tell you before you buy, and show you the fix (bigger battery, seasonal tilt, or smart power scaling).
Coverage modelled from GFS photometric (isolux) simulations — general illumination across a zone roughly 70–100 m wide from a single tower, with a working-light core of ~2,500–3,000 m².
NOMAD is a family of re-deployable solar lighting and power towers made by Green Frog Systems in Australia. Each tower sits on an engineered steel base that is forklifted into position and ballasted on site with locally sourced fill — no concrete footings, no fuel and no grid connection. The range covers a 6.0 m general-illumination tower (NOMAD 1), a 6.0 m power and floodlighting tower with a 1 kW rotating solar array (NOMAD 2), and an 11.5 m solar street-lighting tower (NOMAD 4).
A NOMAD has no engine: no fuel deliveries, no oil or filter servicing, no exhaust emissions and no noise. Energy comes from a solar array charging a LiFePO4 battery, and the KX1000 controller automatically scales output in extended overcast so the light is still on at sunrise. Operating cost is effectively zero.
Yes. NOMAD 1 and NOMAD 2 are designed to meet AS/NZS 1158.3.1:2020 Category P general illumination — the Australian Standard for pedestrian area lighting, specified for pathways, car parks, mining camps and villages, and site access roads. NOMAD 4 is designed to meet full AS/NZS 1158 road lighting — Category P and Category V, categories 1–5. Structures are designed to AS/NZS 1170.2 with published ballast schedules.
Because an unrated tower that topples in high wind damages equipment, injures people and creates liability. Every NOMAD is engineered to AS/NZS 1170.2 for its location — sand-ballast configurations meet wind regions A–C, and units can be customised to meet region D — with certification documentation per job site. The retractable masts (NOMAD 1 and 2) can be lowered in minutes ahead of extreme weather.
Each NOMAD ships with an engineered ballast schedule: fill the base with locally sourced sand or ore-based fill to the prescribed density and the marked fill level, and the tower meets its AS/NZS 1170.2 rating for your wind region — no concrete footings, no engineering surprises. On redeployment the fill is emptied and returned to site, and the same schedule applies at the next location.
NOMAD 1 and NOMAD 2 need no crane at any point — they are placed by forklift, telehandler or any loader with forks, ballasted with local fill, and hand-winched to height. NOMAD 4’s base is forked into place the same way, but erecting its 11.5 m pole requires a crane or lifting device at installation.
It depends on the model, configuration and site. The NOMAD 1 DEFENDER 70 head uses power scaling and multiple program modes to deliver 3–5 nights of autonomy; the DEFENDER 55 head runs 4–8+ nights. NOMAD 4 carries a 10 kWh battery giving a zero-sun reserve of around 4.4 nights (single-luminaire) or 3.0 nights (twin) on the longest winter night at a representative SE Queensland site. Every NOMAD 2 and NOMAD 4 deployment is verified against 20 years of NASA solar data for the exact site, worst month first.
Contact Green Frog Systems for pricing and specification. Every NOMAD is specified to its site — lighting category, wind region and solar performance — so tell us the location and the job, and we’ll configure the right tower and put its performance in writing. Call +61 8 7200 3909 or email sales@greenfrogsystems.com.au.
Yes — NOMAD 1 and NOMAD 2 are designed for rapid deployment straight from a 40’HQ container and for long-term storage on trickle chargers, so a stored fleet is ready to light a site within hours of an emergency, with no fuel supply chain.
Ten years structural on the base and mast, per Green Frog Systems’ terms; light heads and batteries carry their own warranties. Green Frog Systems has supplied certified solar lighting for 15 years.
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