Including 5 closely related terms such as solar, solar, and solar farm.
… farms in York and Hull. These are illustrated below. Golden Gates Housing Trust Its first work was in partnership with Golden Gates Housing Trust (now Torus), where over 2,000 former Council houses were fitted with solar PV installations and electricity supplied to tenants. The scheme generates 4,127 MWh of electricity per annum, saving tenants over £540,000 and reducing CO2 emissions…
… by almost a thousand tonnes. The Council having successfully entered into solar PV projects has now increased its ambitions. It has entered into an arrangement whereby two new solar farm developments in York and Hull will be developed by a national contractor and then sold to the Council. New Solar Farms in Hull and York These are sizeable commercial projects, 25MW and 35MW…
… in capacity, at a cost to the Council of around £60m. Both have the capacity for battery storage to be included in the construction, as in the case at York or added at a later stage for the Hull project. However, the Council has de risked the transaction by arranging for the contractor to build out the solar farms, with interim finance arranged, with the Council only taking ownership upon…
… their successful completion and commissioning. This is also a neat procurement solution. The 35 MW solar farm in York will generate enough power for 10,000 homes and generate carbon savings of around 15,000 tonnes per annum. The 25 MW solar farm in Hull will generate enough power for 8,000 homes and generate carbon savings of around 10,000 tonnes per annum. The Council will then arrange…
… to maximise the value of these developments to the Council. Each solar farm will also have an electric vehicle forecourt as part of its development, whereby typical charging times of less than 30 minutes are provided from up to 24 ultra-fast charging bays. This is another leading innovation, as power for the electric vehicle forecourts will come from the solar farms attached. The Council also…