HBS completes 11.65 MW Anglian Water solar farm

• A 11.65 MW solar farm has been installed by HBS New Energies as part of Anglian Water's Solar Delivery Programme.

The farm-- located at Grafham Water-- was developed by HBS, with Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) structuring the power purchase agreement (PPA) made use of to money the project.

Having actually currently been effectively connected, the farm is to satisfy over 26% of Grafham Water's energy intake with a private cord link, with the site making use of around 45 million kilowatt-hours of power per year.

Completed in 26 weeks, the solar farm is the biggest in Anglian Water's solar portfolio, including nearly 43,000 panels across 465 tables and also 250 miles of cable and extending over 2 miles.

James Bull, handling director for HBS New Energies, claimed: "From establishing the possibility, attaining one of the UK's largest permitted advancement authorizations, to developing out danger on a really complicated site and setting up with a pandemic every employee mastered both quality and also effort. Grafham Water is a fantastic instance to all various other water utilities as well as businesses revealing what collaboration and also a collaboration to be successful can accomplish."

The solar farm will certainly support Anglian Water's goal of achieving internet absolutely no by 2030, having penciled a power purchase agreement (PPA) for more than 35MW of solar with NextEnergy Capital.

The utility has additionally previously concurred a 5 year renewable energy framework with HBS New Energies to create possessions with producing capacities between 200kW and 15MW, with Macquarie financing these assets.

Solar arrays at Anglian Water's Hall water treatment operates in Lincolnshire and water recycling centres in Witham as well as Rayleigh in 2016 were mounted as part of that project, as well as a 500kWp website in 2018.

HBS also finished the installment of 894kWp of solar for the public utility in December 2019.

However, it's not the only water utility to be targeting internet absolutely no, with solar to play a crucial part in arriving. Scottish Water is looking to achieve internet zero by 2040, having actually completed its most current solar installment previously this month, and also Yorkshire Water opened up a tender for solar at 150 websites in June as part of its proposal to reach net absolutely no by 2030.