Team Impression Ltd. Printers, Leeds

A 250kWp solar pv system installed on the east and west roof faces of Team Impression's Printing premises. With their energy usage regularly exceeding 200kW, the solar PV system we installed in August 2015 has had a huge impact on running costs. Self-consumption is 100% for 6 days of the week, meaning almost all of the energy produced is consumed on-site and contributes to energy savings. 

The panels feed into 8 SMA three-phase 25kW inverters which integrate with SMA's online monitoring system, Sunny Portal. We have also installed SMA's smart energy meter, so energy consumption and solar generation can be compared in real-time.

New-build Property Developers, Barnsley

A 69kWp solar pv system installed on a new-build commercial premises using Solarworld panels and Sunny Tripower inverters.

Textiles Manufacturer, Huddersfield

176 x SolarWorld MonoBlack 250Wp solar PV panels mounted on 2 south south east facing roof faces at approximately 40 degree pitch, in 4 landscape rows of 22 panels per string per roof / inverter. The arrays suffer from winter and early morning / late afternoon shading to the lower string of panels, mitigated by placing the lower strings on input B to be tracked independently and using the Optitrac Global Peak function set to carry out a full voltage scan every 6 minutes.

Here is a link to the real-time web monitoring for this system

Light Manufacturing Plant, Derby

A 30 KWp 3-phase installation on a light manufacturing building across multiple roof faces, installed in July 2012. After careful analysis of the roof pitch & orientation, the inverters chosen were 2 x 12kW AC output inverters, which maximises the efficiency of the system throughout the year, and monitoring indicates only very rarely restricts the output from the system.

Freeman Street Market, Grimsby

A 197.76kWp solar pv system installed on the east and west roof faces of Grimsby Freeman Street Market using Upsolar and LG panels and Sunny Tripower inverters. The system was installed in 4 stages in November 2011, February 2012, March 2014 and February 2015 with the majority of the energy produced being consumed within the market.

The panels feed into 12 SMA three-phase inverters ranging from 8kWp to 17kWp and all reporting to SMA's online monitoring system, Sunny Portal.

Cafe, Headingley

9.75 kWp solar pv system installed in Novermber 2011 on the roof of the Voodoo Cafe in Headingley, Leeds. Careful design was needed to mitigate shading issues.

Artist Studio, Leeds

A 10kWp solar PV system installed on the South and East slate roofs. Rising energy bills at the studio prompted the owners to get in touch with us to design a besoke PV solution. At over 3 stories high and on a slate roof, this installation presented an interesting challenge.

A single inverter with dual tracking capability allows both arrays to operate independently of each other at maximum efficiency.

Hollingthorpe Low  Farm

Oversized single phase solar PV system using 5kWp of panels limited to 16 amp output at the inverter. Installed September 2011 in Swillington, West Yorkshire.

Denby Dale Farm

9.8kWp array installed in February 2013 on the roof of a large cow shed on a farm in Denby Dale, South Yorkshire.

Quaker Meeting House

Installed in August 2011 on the Quaker meeting house opposite Leeds University, with black framed panels chosen to minimise the visual impact against the black slates. Independent analysis of the system's performance by a Leeds University student indicated that this system has led to a 50% reduction in energy bills within the building.

St. Chads Parish Centre

Installed in May 2012 the all black panels were chosen due to the roof#s prominant location on the drive up to the grade 1 listed St Chads Church.

Hilton Church Lighthouse Cafe

Installed in March 2012, this 5 kWp Solar PV system is limited to 3.68 kWp using Hyundai 250 WP panels on Hilton Church Lighthouse Cafe, Inverness. Virtually all the energy generated is consumed by the cafe during opening hours.

Hilton Parish Church

Installed in August 2012 this system comprised 2 high efficiency solar PV arrays on south east and south west facing roofs of Hilton Parish Church, installed as part of an energy saving eco renovations programme at the church. The system is restricted to 11kW AC output & installed under standard G83 regulations.