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Doncaster Rovers to sav from subsidy-free PPA i
An additional 178kW system has been added to an existing 50kW install without any need for subsidy, months before the Feed-in Tariff closes to new installations in March 2019.
One of the first high profile subsidy-free commercial installs has been completed at the Keepmoat Stadium, home to Doncaster Rovers Football Club, with low technology costs and public sector backing showing that solar has a strong future post-feed-in tariff (FiT). Eden Sustainable, working alongside
developer Oakapple Renewable Energy, has funded and completed the project for the League One side. Completed at the end of May, the install
– adding to a 50kW FiT-supported array already in place – was intended to add 450kW to the stadium. However, after the grid offer was reduced, a new 178kWp solar
array was settled on, taking the total solar capacity to 228kW on the south facing side of the roof. Scott Burrows, director of Eden Group,
said: “We did not need any other revenue streams to make this work because we knew we could execute efficiently and we knew that this developer was up for making this deal happen and was willing to do this at best value all round. Offering 100% self-consumption, the new
array is predicated on a power purchase agreement with the football club, which will now pay a unit price of £0.085 compared to the almost £0.11 it was paying previously. This was made possible by the low technology costs, as Burrows explained: “What you can fit for these days is quite remarkable. If you had to you could install for £500 per kW in terms of crude kit plus a good installation team." He added: “Generally 8-10p is the current
PPA range we offer and that I'm aware of in the market. With a respectable offing from developer and fund, that's enough for an entity like Doncaster Rovers to make this decision.” The project was also made possible by the strength of the counterparties involved
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