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Technology
Solar PV Park
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System Size
915kWp
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Annual Output
875.4MWh
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Annual CO2 savings
437 tons
Client
Low Carbon Gordano Limited is a form of co-operative called a Community Benefit Society, sometimes called a BenCom.
LCG’s purpose is to help the local community to reduce energy costs and become more sustainable by reducing carbon emissions. More specifically they aim to raise funds to enable them to install renewable energy systems and use the surplus income from these systems, via a Community Fund to enable work that reduces people’s energy consumption.
Task
Sir Ed Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the previous coalition government, officially opened the Ham Lane solar array on Saturday 16 July 2016.
Ham Lane Solar Park consists of 3600 solar panels on 4 acres of low grade grazing land. It has a peak power of 915 kW and cost just over £1 million to construct including the development costs.
The project was funded by Low Carbon Gordano and was developed and constructed by Solarsense, who secured a lease on the land, negotiated a connection agreement with Western Power, and obtained planning consent.
SERVICES PROVIDED
- Feasibility study
- DNO application
- Planning permissions
- Engineering, procurement & construction (EPC)
- Monitoring, operations & maintenance
FROM THE CLIENT
The fact that community groups can reinvent some of the relationships we have with the energy system, challenge some of the big corporates and spread wealth, these are just some of the extra benefits apart from the obvious lower energy bills and tackling climate change. Solar will be cheaper than coal in the UK within a few years’ time and when you add storage to it, which is the final piece of the jigsaw, then the job will be done”.
Sir Ed DaveySecretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the previous coalition government
