Soak Up Sun
Busch UK
On the wide-angle photograph from above, the roof of the Busch UK building in Telford looks like a container ship. 352 solar panels have been installed and are in operation since beginning of November.
The investment will save approximately 34 tons of CO2 emissions each year. Other sustainable projects such as LED motion sensors and ambient light detection, completed as early as 2021, ensure that artificial light is only used when necessary. Our colleagues from Busch UK therefore expect total savings of around 40 tons of CO2 per year.
The solar panels will have amortized after about seven years and will be in operation for at least 25 years. Annually, they are expected to save more than 8,000 Euro in energy costs. In addition, our British colleagues intend to feed some of the electricity generated into the public grid.
Tim Hulbert, General Manager of Busch UK, explains:
We’re determined to reduce our carbon footprint and our energy costs. Our solar panels will allow us to do both. In fact, we will be able to sell excess renewable energy to the grid when the panels generate more than we need, such as over the weekends. Our solar panel investment is a great example of how we can do the right thing for our wider community and our business at the same time.
The functionality of the panels is software-monitored. This ensures that defective panels are immediately detected and replaced, preserving the CO2 balance and financial savings. The entire system consists of 17 strings with a total of 352 monocrystalline panels. They cover an area of more than 570 m2.