Brighton Energy Coop Project Update December 2013
Brighton Energy Coop Project Update December 2013 In late October 2013 Brighton Energy Coop began fundraising for our new project - more than 600kWp of community-owned solar PV in the south of England. By the end of November we’d raised more than £300,000. In early December we began installaion of Phase 1 of the project - a 214kWp of solar on Shed 10 at (right and inside).
Brighton Energy Coop Project Update December 2013 We coninue to raise funds for Phase 2 of the project - 200kWp of solar at Shed 3a at Shoreham Port (right). Total required for Phase 2:â€ˆÂŁ232,000. Investors in both projects receive an expected 5% return on their investment plus the potenial for a 30% tax break on the amount invested. www.brightonenergy.org.uk
Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Installaion of Phase 1 began in December 2013. Here we see the first framing rails are fixed to the roof of Shed 10 at Shoreham Port
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Eventually the system will look like this, but ďŹ rst...
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 ...the complete framing system is installed, composed of more than a mile of framing rods.
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Meanwhile, our Fronius inverters are installed, ready to switch the Direct Current output of the solar panels to mains AC
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Materials are hoisted onto the roof via a large cherry picker.
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 The cabling to connect panels to inverters - more than 6 miles of 4mm cable will be used to connect all the panels together
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 MC4 connectors - these clip to the panels to harvest the solar electricty and send it on its way to the inverters
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Our installers stringing out the cabling across the framing system.
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Cabling is then collected together in gutering systems, which draw together the output of the panel and channel it o the roof
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 The gutering leads o two sides of the Shed, to two grid connecion points.
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Installaion breakdown - Shed 10 Next stage is the installaion of the panels, currently awaiing paiently by the side of the Shed. Stay posted for more updates!
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New project - Shed 3a We are now fund-raising for Phase 2 of the project, Shed 3a at Shoreham Port. Eventually the system will look as below. You can join Brighton Energy Coop here www.brightonenergy.org.uk/product/join