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Located in Cardiff, we supported G24 Innovations a solar cell manufacturing facility to reduce their carbon emissions and reduce their manufacturing energy costs.
A 120m high 2.3MW GE turbine was first of its kind at this scale on a UK site. The onsite wind generation connected behind the meter meant not only did the wind turbine reduced carbon emissions from the site but unlocked significant savings to the site electricity costs.
As an organisation manufacturing and championing the use of renewable energy products, the installation of the wind turbine was a key feature in the commitment to the organisation’s sustainable profile.
Scope
G24 Innovations wished to investigate the possibility of installing a wind turbine on site to reduce demand for imported electricity and to reduce energy costs and site carbon emissions inline with organisational environmental and sustainability targets.
Services
Identification of on-site wind resource via analysis of wind speed data at varying turbine heights
Feasibility study to assess a range of wind turbine options for the G24 site, with consideration of on-site wind resource, site electrical demand and tariffs, turbine size and specifications, supply and installation costs, project payback and client investment criteria
Advising on planning and electrical connection.
Solution
The installed wind turbine solution is a 120m high 2.3MW turbine, located on the G24 site. The wind turbine has cut carbon emissions from the site by circa 2,550 tonnes per year and allowed the site to make significant savings to electricity costs. As an organisation manufacturing and championing the use of renewable energy products, the installation of the wind turbine has further enhanced the organisation’s sustainable profile and reduced the carbon footprint of every unit produced.