Case Studies

Will and Catherine Homoky won their solar PV system by entering the ‘Home of the Future’ competition, resulting in their Bristol home being fitted with an array of solar panels.

Greenfield Holdings was retained through RG Group Ltd, one of Sainsbury`s main contractors to source and deliver a solar system which was to be installed onto the roof at the Chingford Supermarket. The GHL team was made up of Active Technologies, who designed and manufactured the aluminum framing system for the arrays, Q Design Consultants that handled the electrical design and they also arranged the G59 submission to EDF and RoofTech which handled the installation of the frames and the photovoltaic panels. They also arranged the electrical engineers to wire the whole system together – Natural Watt and Energy ICT  – who provided the energy monitoring equipment. The energy metre was supplied by Elsevier while the solar panels were provided by Romag Holdings Plc and the inverters were supplied by Fronius.

Solar PV Feasibility Mr Barton has high electricity usage and after some research concluded that with the clean energy cashbacks incentive and a SSE/SSW facing roof, solar PV would be an ideal investment to make his home more energy efficient.

This 1.36kWp system was installed by Mr Gavin Fletcher on his home in Leicestershire. Gavin says his motivation for installing solar came from his concern with the developed world’s reliance upon its finite supply of fossil fuels.

Stourfield Junior became the first school in Bournemouth to have Photovoltaic Solar Panels installed on its roof. Being a Government Accredited company – Solar Fusion were asked to carry out a consultation at the school to advise which system would suit their requirements.

EvoEnergy was commissioned by Mr. Whitby to install an 8.2kWp ground mounted PV system consisting of 48 Sharp 170 NU Solar Panels. This system has a predicted output of around 6,800kWh/year of electricity.

E.ON led the way when they installed one of the largest combined solar thermal and photovoltaic arrays in the UK on the side of their head office in Coventry. Not only does the installation give a live example of what a large commercial array could generate – approximately 25MWh per annum, it also saves around 14.2 tonnes of CO2 per annum.

A Baptist church near Dartford, Kent, felt that they should be taking the environmental challenge seriously and decided to go for solar PV. After contacting three local companies for quotes they placed their business with The Green Home Company.

With the government now providing excellent rates for electricity generated though domestic solar installations, Andy Barbour took a leap and invested a considerable outlay in the purchase and installation of a 4kW photovoltaic system for his home. Andy runs a blog to inform others as to whether this constitutes a good investment for the home owner.

EvoEnergy are pleased to announce the completion of a 9.99kWp photovoltaic Solar Farm on Shefield University’s Hicks building. On site work commenced on 21st June 2010 and was live at close of play on 24th June 2010. EvoEnergy was chosen to design and commission the Solar Farm because of its proven track record in design and installation of bespoke photovoltaic solutions at Nottingham and Cambridge University’s.