The University of Huddersfield has installed solar PV on two buildings at its Queensgate Campus.
In total, 520 panels were installed late last year in what is a 232kW system. Evo Energy placed 348 panels on the Barbara Hepworth Building and 162 panels on the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre..
The latest installation adds to existing panels on the Laura Annie Willson Building, the Jo Cox More in Common Centre, and the Richard Steinitz Building, which creates a 620kW system.
In total, it is expected that the solar PV panels across all five buildings will generate 725,000kWh per year, meaning 6% of the University’s annual electricity consumption will be met by renewable electricity generated on-site
Philip Tower, Energy Manager within Estates and Facilities at the University, said: “The University of Huddersfield has an ambitious plan for decarbonising its operations and fine-tuning its estate to run efficiently using renewable energy supplies, both on and off-site. This project expands our on-site renewable energy generation capacity by approximately 37%.”