Summary
In March 2005, following assistance from Mid Wales Energy Agency (MWEA) and Dulas Ltd, Bronllys Hospital in Powys, Wales (owned by Powys Local Health Board) became the first UK national health hospital to generate electricity from sunlight. The 60.62 kW Photovoltaic (PV) installation developed by Dulas Ltd employed 14 people during the construction period. The array will generate around 45,500 kWh / year, displacing an average of 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide/year.
The project received funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the UK's Major Solar Demonstration Programme. The UK Carbon Trust has also helped to raise awareness of energy efficiency. Income from electricity generated will be invested into further energy efficiency measures.
Results
Installed: 60.625 kW (485 modules @ 0.125kWp each)
Quantity: 45,450 kWe
Total cost: € 547,586 (capital, installation and commissioning)
€ / kWh: € 0.11
The market for the energy efficiency measures were mostly the hospital staff, who received energy awareness information.
The electricity generated from the PV's goes onto the national grid so everyone will potentially benefit from the generation of clean electricity, contributing towards reducing our dependency on fossil fuels.
During the project development approximately 8 meetings were held. These initially discussed the viability of the scheme, funding and application form completion. The later meetings were between Dulas and the Hospital staff to confirm preparation, installation procedures and payment schedules. A launch of the system is planned for later in 2005.
The process provided valuable and interesting experiences in regard to working across sectors - public and private. It had to include quite in depth communication between all involved in order to cater for the funding in particular (the Health Board finance had not dealt with grants before so needed to adapt to grant funding procedures)
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