Solarlec has been selected by Travis Perkins to ensure the power needs of its new regional distribution centre are met with the installation of solar panels.
The Travis Perkins group chose Solarlec, which has offices in Burnley, Carlisle and Exeter with installers and energy advisors nationwide, after the company added solar technology to one of its Wickes stores in Sutton last year.
Solarlec designed and installed a 157.5kW solar PV system using Solfex Enhance solar panels at the new purpose-built distribution centre near Warrington, Cheshire, which serves all 16 of the Travis Perkins Group’s companies and a total of 1,900 UK sites.
The panels are predicted to save Travis Perkins œ9,862.30 on energy bills over the next 12 months while also securing œ11,823 in feed-in tariff subsidies over the course of their first year.
Haydn Young, group energy manager for Travis Perkins, said: “It’s my job to look at ways the group can reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. As a group we pay large carbon levies so the choice of solar will reduce our total energy costs and therefore reduce our carbon emissions.”
The system’s combined benefit over the next 25 years is predicted to be worth more than œ907,000, with around 1.5 million kg of carbon dioxide also saved in this time.
Darryl Redhead, national sales manager for Solarlec, said: “Commercial companies like the Travis Perkins Group choose solar because it’s an easy install with no moving parts and it’s virtually maintenance-free.
“Of course, you’ve got the added bonus that your roof is going to produce an income and ultimately substantially reduce energy bills.”
