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Trowbridge Civic Centre solar PV project


Trowbridge Civic Centre

 

Trowbridge Civic Centre is located in the centre of Trowbridge in St Stephen's Place and a 48.9 kWp, 188 panel solar PV array has been installed on the south east facing sloping roof area as illustrated in the image shown below right.

 

Trowbridge Civic Centre

 

The installation generates about 43,100 kWh of energy and saves about 22 metric tons of carbon dioxide on an annual basis.

 

The progress of the installation was tracked with photos and commentary in the section below.

 

Installation details

The system went live on Saturday 9th May 2015 smiley

The images below are from early on in the deployment with the scaffolding being installed at the end of April '15 and fixings being put in place to secure the panels to the roof - through to the system being complete and up and running.

solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
Scaffolding all in place and installation underway
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
Panel fixings installed on the roof
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
System up and running
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
System up and running
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
View of panels from the flat roof area
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
Inverters installed on the flat roof area
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
Measuring the power being generated
solar PV at Civic Centre Trowbridge
Public display in the Civic Centre entrance area

 

 

Performance data from the inverters is available here.

 

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