Solar PV system installation for the Harborough Innovation Centre

Harborough Innovation Centre (HIC) is a business centre with up to 52 individual office spaces, shared workspaces, virtual services, meeting rooms, onsite café and reception services.

Established in 2011 and funded by HDC, ERDF and East Midlands Development Agency, the HIC has supported more than 250 business since opening.

Part of the appeal of the HIC to tenants is the green credentials of the building: • LED lighting throughout the building reducing energy usage and maintenance costs. • Activity sensors in most rooms in the building allowing lighting to automatically switch off when not needed. • Biomass heating. • Rainwater harvesting used primarily for toilets in the building. • 11 EV car charging stations allowing electric vehicles to charge up to a speed of 22kwh.

This project is to supply and install a solar array on 3 aspects of Harborough Innovation Centre roof to generate electricity and further improve the green credentials of the building and Harborough District Council as a whole.

Harborough District Council (the Customer) is looking to appoint a supplier partner to install a roof-mounted solar PV system.

An application for DNO approval has been received from the National Grid based on the following specifications: • 1 x solis 80k 5G Inverter, restricted to 75kW using a G100 device. • Nominal Voltage at Connection Point: 400 Volts • Number of Phases: 3 • Nominal Frequency: 50Hz • Maximum Export Capacity: 75kW • Maximum Import Capacity: 150kVA • External Earth Loop Impedance: 0.35 • A remote monitoring system to allow the performance of the panels to be measured at all times.