What was achieved

Westwood Energy installed 211.68kW of PV on a potato cold store to offset electricity used during the storage and processing of potatoes. This was an East/West facing design which maximises the production day length, allowing the client to continue chiller operation throughout the day along side processing activities. Surplus electricity is sold back to the grid, generating further additional income.

The numbers:

• £44,432 pa saved
• 179MWh pa generated
• 40% Consumed onsite
• 40% of import demand offset

The Equipment:

• 504 x Trina VertexS 420W module
• 2 x 90K SolarEdge inverters
• 253 x P950 optimisers
• 1 x Sunfixings MRD S steel sheet fixing system