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Plymouth City Council

Plymouth City Council is the local authority responsible for delivering public services, sustainability initiatives, and community development across the city of Plymouth.

System Size

94kWp

Energy GeneratED

90,425 kWh/ year

Carbon Reduction

42,480kg/year

Annual ROI

21%

About Plymouth Town Council

The Council is a unitary authority responsible for all local services, including transport, social care and education in Plymouth. As Britain’s Ocean City, it aims to be one of Europe’s most vibrant waterfront cities, where an outstanding quality of life is enjoyed by everyone. One of the city’s priorities is to be a“green, sustainable city that caresabout the environment”.The Council already has well over 1 MWp of solar PV on its buildings

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What was their goal?

Plymouth City Council has declared a climate emergency and has pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2030. This, coupled with a need to reduce operating costs has prompted the desire to install further solar PV on council buildings.

How did we help?

We designed & delivered a 94kW Solar PV installation on the top deck of a live car park in a city centre location. The system was electrically and mechanically designed to maximise potential output from the small carpark roof footprint and to make provision for additional solar capacity up to 200kW for the next stage of works. ZLC worked alongside the local DNO engineers to reroute the incoming main supply to the carpark and upgrade the facilities’ electrical infrastructure with minimal disruption. ZLC were chosen for theworks following a quality led competitive tendering process.

 

Key Features

  • 94kW Flat Roof Solar PV
  • 425W Trina Solar Panels
  • Solis Inverter
  • Esdec Mounting
  • Safe delivery on live car park
  • Mains incomer re-routed with minimal disruption
  • Tight deadline to meet the funding programme
  • Installed in 2023 over 2 weeks

Client testimonials

“The project was required to be completed in a tight timeframe to meet funding deadlines. ZLC did a great job and completed the works ahead of time and under budget. Thank you to the ZLC team… Great work!!”

Alastair Gets

Low Carbon City Officer. Plymouth City Council

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