Hotel's £300,000 solar and storage installation motivated by energy prices, sustainability expectations
Avisford Park Hotel has invested £300,000 in a solar and storage installation on its grounds in a move it says responds to rising energy prices and growing guest expectations around sustainability.
Novalux Solar designed, supplied and installed the system, which comprises 308 DAS Solar 590W N-Type Bifacial panels ground-mounted on an unused tennis court, with nameplate capacity of 163.24kWp.
It also utilises two Solis S6-EH3P50K-H-EU hybrid inverters and two Dyness BF100-C100 outdoor battery cabinets, providing 200kWh of storage capacity.
The hotel’s peak electricity usage hours do not align with peak sunshine hours, so the integration of an energy storage system maximises self-consumption of electricity generated by the solar installation.
According to managing director of Crest Hotels Limited, which owns and operates the Avisford Park Hotel: “The hospitality industry is facing increasing pressure from rising energy costs, amongst many other challenges, whilst guests quite rightly expect businesses to demonstrate a genuine commitment to sustainability.”
UK power prices, which are well-known to be higher than the European average and highly influenced by increases in gas prices on the global market, are a strong motivator for businesses to turn to renewable energy.
The £300,000 investment by Avisford Park Hotel will see it pay 5.88p per unit of electricity generated onsite over the 25-year lifespan of the solar-plus-storage installation.
Molly Green