Carbon Co-op have successfully designed and installed their first solar PV array. The 12kw array was installed on the roof of Unicorn Grocery, a wholefood co-operative in Chorlton, South Manchester, in time to qualify for the higher rate of Feed in Tariff (FiT). The panels should produce over 8500kwh of electricity per year, significantly reducing both Unicorn's energy bills and their carbon footprint. We'd like to thank Unicorn and Martin at Mitre Solar Technologies for pulling out all the stops to get the install finished in time.
Both the Carbon Coop and Unicorn were concious of minimising the environmental impact of panel production, when UK made solar panels were not available in time, we opted for the Sunpower e20 327w panels (US made panels which are the most efficient we've seen so far - at 20% efficiency), installed on Sunny Boy inverters for all you energy geeks out there!