Darwen, Blackburn, UK
Heritage Envelopes is one of the UK's largest envelope manufacturers and distributors, supplying customers nationwide. To reduce energy costs and increase energy independence, the company partnered with Activ8 Solar Energies to install a bespoke solar PV system.
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Darwen, Blackburn, UK
1474 x 285w panels
1 474
4 Weeks
420.09kWp
Heritage Envelopes is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of envelopes in the UK. After a contract renewal on their utilities which left them with much higher energy bills than previously, its team wanted more energy independence to soften the blow of these rising prices, and considered various on-site generation technologies. They ultimately decided that solar was the best way to help them achieve their aims, and so approached our experts at Activ8 Solar Energies to create them a bespoke solar PV installation.
With offices in both England and Ireland, we were well-positioned to lend our specialist expertise and decades of experience to the project. We consulted with the Glan Agua team and worked from their technical drawings to devise a design for a 100kWp PV system, which uses 231 Hanwha 425w modules. We also handled both the installation and commission of this system, and facilitated the installation of a permanent fall arrest system to make future maintenance simpler and safer.
The system will produce 87,899 kWh per annum of clean electricity, saving Irish Water 52,739kg of carbon emissions annually, and providing a levelised cost of electricity of €0.04 /kWh.
Following several on-site surveys in which we looked at the individual requirements of Heritage Envelopes, we steadily built up an in-depth assessment of their unique energy profile. From there, we used this to develop and install a 420.09kWp solar PV installation made up of 1474 x 285w panels.
This allows Heritage Envelopes to enjoy 338,186 kWh per annum of green, clean electricity, as well as a levelised cost of electric of £0.03 / kWh. What’s more, they’re now also able to save 137,305.51kg of CO₂ emissions per annum, helping them to meet their green targets and making the solar installation a valuable demonstration of their Corporate Social Responsibility.
The result is a 2009.39kWp rooftop solar PV installation, complete with 6379 x 315w Risen Energy Modules.
This allows Computacenter to benefit from 1,868,624 kWh per annum of clean on-site generated electricity, helping it to make significant savings on its bills, along with a levelled cost of electricity of £0.02/kWh.
Heritage Envelopes could save around 67 637,2 £ per year on electricity costs by using this solar system instead of purchasing electricity from the grid.
This system generates around 338,186 kWh/yr of electricity annually.
By using this system Heritage Envelopes can reduce emissions by approximately 137 tonnes (or 137,305.51kg/yr) of CO2 per year.
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