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RENEWABLE ENERGY: “AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE”
Bluebell Dairy, a family-friendly farm park and artisan ice cream wholesaler, has partnered with Geo Green Power to install a 210 kW ground-mounted solar PV system, which will generate over 188,000 kWh of electricity per year. Increasing energy costs, and a growing requirement from their corporate customers to reduce emissions in their supply chains, led to the Bluebell Dairy team investing in the system. The energy generated by the solar PV system is sufficient to power approximately 49.5 homes for a year – the equivalent to taking around seven cars off the road for a year. The energy will power the wholesaler’s industrial freezer system, along with other key operations on the 300 acre farm. Oliver Brown, director of Bluebell Dairy, said: “Our freezer system uses a high amount of energy, and investing in solar power is the ideal solution to reduce both our energy costs and carbon footprint. This advancement towards a sustainable future for our business will not only make us more environmentally friendly but also meet the increasing green credentials demanded by our distribution partners, such as the National Trust and National Heritage.” James Cunningham, managing director of Geo Green Power, added: “We were delighted to be contacted by Bluebell Dairy about this project. As the team here has discovered, an investment in renewable energy is an investment in the future. This system will provide a full payback in around 4-5 years, keep generating free energy for at least a further 20, and help to secure key contracts going forwards.”
Geo Green Power
www.geogreenpower.com
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RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
TEMPORARY SOLAR INSTALLATION FAST TRACKS COUNTRY ESTATE’S TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
Yattendon Estate, a diverse farming and property business spanning over 9,500 acres of land in South Berkshire, has commissioned its third SolarEdge solar system in just over a year. The latest installation will be used to power the refrigerated storage facilities and cutting room for the estate’s farm shop – despite the fact that construction of the new building will not be completed until 2026. With the Estate locked into an expensive energy tariff of 0.55p per kWh, the owners are on a mission to reduce their reliance on grid-supplied electricity as quickly as possible. For this project, the installer, Your Eco, decided to install a rooftop solar system as a temporary ground-mount solar solution to power the construction of the new facilities. Your Eco estimates that once the building work is complete, the solar array will be taken offline for approximately one week and moved onto the roof of the building, the labour and materials for which are all factored in to a highly-competitive four year ROI. Annually, the new array is forecast to produce 288kWh of clean, renewable
electricity, reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 55 tons per year. Your Eco estimates that over the lifetime of the installation, the system is expected to
achieve an incredible ROI of 738%. The solar system features 720 solar modules which are transformed into powerful
smart modules with SolarEdge Power Optimizers, and three SolarEdge DC-optimized inverters. Power Optimizers maximise energy production from solar modules by mitigating the impact of shading, soiling and module mismatch which can severely limit production in traditional solar systems. The solution also embeds advanced inbuilt safety features designed to reduce voltages to touch-safe levels during maintenance and in the unlikely event of an emergency – both critical considerations for ground mount and rooftop solar arrays. The estate owners are already looking to further expand the solar infrastructure which,
with the addition of this latest installation, is expected to produce over 1MW of solar power on an annual basis. Notably, last year saw the installation of a 456kW SolarEdge solar system at The Renegade Brewery on the estate, satisfying 40% of the brewery’s high energy demand and advancing its decarbonisation journey. “This project is a powerful reminder of the financial and environmental benefits that can be achieved with solar energy and that it makes sense to make the switch sooner rather than later. By the time the new facilities are completed, the solar system is expected to nearly pay for itself, as well as offset more than one hundred tons of CO2,” commented Your Eco CEO, Nick Spicer.
SolarEdge
www.solaredge.com/uk FIRST FULLY RECYCLED c-Si MODULE: A MILESTONE IN SUSTAINABILITY
Trinasolar has announced that it has successfully produced the world’s first fully recycled c-Si module. The Research Centre Academy of Trinasolar made the breakthrough with its innovative self-developed recycling technology, using materials including silicon, sliver, aluminium frames and glass recovered from waste modules. The production of the world’s first recycled Photovoltaic (PV) module was led by Trinasolar and completed in collaboration with upstream and downstream partners. Through this process, the company has achieved all-component recycling of high-value materials from waste PV panels. This was accomplished using multiple innovate techniques, including the use of self-developed
interlayer separation reagents, chemical etching technology and wet chemical silver extraction technology. The recycled PV module uses n-type TOPCon technology and has a golden size design, with a module efficiency of 20.7% and a power output exceeding 645W. Gao Jifan, chairman and CEO of Trinasolar and director of Central R&D Institute, said that the production of the world’s first fully recycled c-Si module signifies Trinasolar’s continued commitment to sustainable development in the
PV industry, and contribution towards the global energy transition. Trinasolar is committed to developing
advanced technological solutions for recovering and recycling waste PV modules, not only complying with international standards such as the European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, but going even further by developing its own technology. The company has applied for 37 patents in the field of module recycling.
Trinasolar
https://www.trinasolar.com/eu-en
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