The Apricot Centre

Jun 28, 2024 | Case Studies, Community

Location

Dartington

Install Date

Oct 2022

Solar Panel Installation Devon The Apricot Centre

Summary

The Apricot Centre is a sustainable diverse farm and wellbeing centre.

High energy use due to refrigeration and a move to using electric vehicles for deliveries increase their bills and their electricity supplier increased prices creating pressure on the small organisation.

Installation

  • 2 individual installations
  • 15 Q-Cell 340W panels
  • 51 Perlight Solar 400w panels
    totalling 25.5 kWp
  • Renusol metasol mounting system
  • SolaX hybrid invertors
  • SolaX monitoring system

Outcomes

  • £4,252 estimated first year savings
  • 301% total return on investment
  • 7 years, 10 months payback
  • 81% energy from solar
  • 4.5 tonnes of CO avoided per year

“This has helped us to weather the challenging increases in energy charges as a business, and made us more resilient to some of the difficulties faced by so many small businesses.”

Mark O’Connell

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