Case Studies

Bourne Park Industrial Estate in West Dorset has had more than 1,000 solar panels installed on farmland adjacent to the estate. The solar panels are expected to produce enough energy to power the equivalent of 100 households every year, significantly reducing the industrial estate’s carbon footprint.

Driffield Rugby Club has enlisted the services of local solar installer, Dodds Solar, to install a £35,000 array on the roof of its Kelleythorpe clubhouse.

British Airways has used its One Destination Carbon Fund to fund the installation of solar panel on the Osprey Leisure Centre near Weymouth. Triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie officially unveiled the solar array, set to help the centre slash its utility bills and carbon footprint.

Sherwood Cricket Club has installed thirty-six solar panels at its ground with the help of solar energy firm, Freetricity. The solar array was installed as part of the club’s ongoing programme to become more energy efficient and reduce utility bills.

In a bid to offset the cost of running a grain dryer to keep its crops in ideal condition a Nottinghamshire-based farmer has installed a 50kW solar system.

A Gloucestershire-based farmer is now able to reduce annual energy bills having installed a 50kWp system at Poulton Court Farm.

Strutwood Farm in Surrey approached Myriad CEG about the possibility of installing solar PV on its agricultural buildings to help reduce the farm’s carbon footprint but also, more significantly, protect the farm from spiralling utility costs.

Nottinghamshire-based arable farmers, J Bealby and Sons, have a higher electricity expenditure than most as they are required to run a grain dryer to keep its crops in ideal condition so that they achieve the best prices at market.

A 19th Century church, built to celebrate the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo is now generating its own electricity thanks to the installation of solar panels.

Penzance-based Plug into the Sun has completed a 10kWp roof-integrated solar project on the newly-built Five Islands School on St Agnes Island, adding to the company’s Isles of Scilly portfolio.