Presentation provided by AEE Renewables during a presentation held at South Marston Village Hall on 21 Nov 2012 regarding the Sevor Farm Solar installation

1. Sevor solar PV farm
Public Consultation Overview
status : 21.11.2012
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2. We held the public consultation at the Village Hall on Wednesday 21st November
and it was a very successful event for everyone. We estimate around 40-50
people attended throughout the day with 25 people commenting in the guest
book.
You can read a longer review on our website at:
www.sevorfarmsolar.co.uk
Here you can find information about the whole project and keep up to date with
developments.
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3. Location / status data
LOCATION: South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire
STATUS: Public Consultation
ROLE OF AEE: Project developer, project manager,
co-investor
PARTNER: EPC (construction) and investment partners
to be determined
Performance data
AREA: 17.6ha (red line)
COMPONENTS: Modules: JA Solar JAP6-72-290
28,880 x 290Wp polycrystalline units
1,956 x 991 x 45 mm (h x w x d)
520 string inverters (Siemens SINVERT PVM 20)
Table pitch: 20 degrees
Clear row distance: 4.7m
INSTALLED CAPACITY: 9.26MWp
IRRADIATION I YIELD (p.a.): circa 1106 kWh/qm I 850 kWh/kWp
POWER GENERATION (plan): approx. 8.11m kWh/a ; CO2 reduction: ca.
10,000 t/a; supply: around 2400 standard UK
households (OFGEM)
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5. o From the initial
plans we have
progressed to this
design. The key
features of the
proposal are:!
o Retention of the
southern field as
agricultural land for
the next 25 years."
o Redesign of the
footpaths to
encourage the
community to use
the footpaths more
frequently, including
bikes and buggy’s."
o Flood mitigation
works to reduce the
chance of flooding
for the village.!
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7. o Supplying largest
Industry in South
Marston with
clean energy
during the week,
and the National
Grid at the
weekend."
"
o Honda to receive
clean electricity
during working
hours and provide
exports to the grid
at the weekend."
o Besides 4.2m
kWh green
electricity p.a.
already supplied
with, annual
production of
approx. 4.8m
kWh. The UK‘s
largest project
to supply local
industry with
green electricity.!
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8. o The South
Marston farm site
from the air"
o Supplying largest
Industry in South
Marston with
clean energy."
o Besides 4.2m
kWh green
electricity p.a.
already supplied
with, annual
production of
approx. 7m kWh
and 10,000 t CO2
reduction"
> "UK‘s largest
project to
supply local
industry with
green
electricity.!
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9. o Lessons learned!
o DECC changes to tariffs changed everything last year,
post-planning approval"
o Intense time pressure coupled with excessive demands
from county archaeologist forced design changes to
foundations (these won’t be as visible after grass cover
established by spring)"
o Time pressure also forced change to connection point –
building and connecting a new substation to local grid
could not have happened before tariff cut deadline.
Honda provided that option with existing facility."
o Some residents understandably disappointed to lose
opportunity to buy locally-produced green energy"
o New ROC funding scheme allows bigger projects with
certainty beyond March 2013."
o Construction partner was chosen too quickly, too
sloppy, too dismissive of residents’ needs and will not
be used again"
o Delays in clearing snagging list, partly due to
inhospitable weather conditions, meant spring planting
season was missed for 2012. It will be in full bloom in
summer 2013."
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10. Ecological & environmental benefits Social & educational benefits
o Ecological impact – Landowners on o Provides an opportunity for learning to the local
our previous projects have told us school. We can work with local schools to
there is diversification of fauna and educate and inspire the younger generation about
flora as the site thrives without the benefits of renewable energy and why it is
fertiliser for the life of the project important to our future.
o We can provide the village hall with
solar modules if the community are o Site visits are available on request to local
interested in being provided more schools and organisations to learn about solar
renewable energy. This would mostly parks as a valuable, functioning member of the
export electricity to the grid (low world’s energy portfolio
daytime usage), thereby reducing
costs for the community. o We can provide useful information for schools to
o Active reduction of carbon footprint incorporate into the classroom, to help in
o PV systems are one of the quietest subjects such as mathematics and science.
renewable technologies and visually
unobtrusive energy plants.
o Solar farms can be built on a given
premises without the need to carry
out extensive ground restructuring,
meaning the decommissioning phase
is quicker and cheaper."
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11. Switching to Good Energy, the UK’s only
supplier of 100% renewable energy, for Together
households or businesses near AEE solar farm
we
do
this.
projects means…
...make your contribution to avoid CO2
emissions (approx. 2 tons per year for a typical
household) and slow down climate change.
…use local green electricity even without your
own solar panels, you know where it comes from.
…do something good and pay less by
benefitting from an immediate £50 credit per
residential household or enterprise and, if the local
AEE project gets planning consent and is built, an
additional credit of £50 in each of the following
three years.
Affiliate Partnership.
renewables plc.
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