On-campus solar farm provides clean energy

A 1MWp Solar Farm in conjunction with a combined heat and power unit

35 Fronius Eco and Symo inverters have been installed in this 1MWp solar farm supplying the postgraduate and research-based university with all its generated electricity. The zeroexport solar project, which also integrates with the existing CHP (combined heat and power) unit on site, will provide a big part of the energy requirements of the University and contributes towards the longterm sustainable and clean energy goals of this education establishment.

Additional to providing both financial and carbon savings, the 1MWp site provides a key renewable energy research facility for its students. Providing opportunities to use industrial-scale facilitates for education and training support is something for which Cranfield already has an impressive reputation.

Damian Baker, Managing Director at RenEnergy remarked, “We decided to use Fronius for the Cranfield project for three basic reasons:

• Number one is the performance and quality.
• Secondly, the diversified business behind the product minimises any ongoing operational risk.
• And lastly as a Fronius Service Partner, the partnership we have with Fronius means we can provide the best possible back-up for both the monitoring and operational side of the project.”