Gazeley Project Hydro, Magna Park
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UKGazeley’s UK Magna Park development was previously a disused airbase, but now with a large Energy Roof as part of their onsite generation from renewables the project will save 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year.
Front view of Gazely, Magna Park with installed Solar Glazing.
The Energy Roof also facilitated planning permission for the site, due to emerging positive planning policies for microgeneration in new build developments.
This project was Solarcentury's first for Gazeley. The project was located at a newly constructed warehouse on the Magna Industrial Park near Lutterworth. Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules were installed on the roof of the building. Adjacent to this, an area of glass laminate PV (GGL/ solar glazing) was mounted on a cantilever frame overhanging the side of the building above the main entrance, forming a 'solar canopy'.
The solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays installed are made up of a total of 22 glass-glass laminates and 335 PV modules supplied by Solarcentury. The array covers a total area of 347m2 and is capable of producing a total peak DC power of 23.51 kilowatts under Standard Test Conditions (STC). The estimated annual energy yield for the array is 18,000 kilowatt hours.
| Date commissioned | 07/04/2005 |
| Technology |
Solar PV |
| Installation Type |
Flat roof Glass laminates |
| System size (kWp) | 23.51 |
| Forecast electricity generation / year (kWh) | 18,000.00 |
| Panel area (m2) | 347.00 |
| Building integrated |
No |
| Forecast CO2 saving / year (kg) | 10,224.00 |
| Type of project |
Commercial |
