Farming & Agriculture
Streetfield Farm
East Sussex - March 2012
Another huge benefit for Agrifactors is the marketing boost that the system has given them. “Customers really like the fact that we are carbon-neutral,” explains Chris Davis, Director at Agrifactors, “in fact more so, as we produce more than we use meaning we even alleviate the carbon emissions of others.”
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Brooklands Farm
Herefordshire - June 2012
In April 2011 Southern Solar installed a solar PV system at Brooklands Farm, consisting of 1,600 solar panels covering 2000m2 of roof space. The system provides up to 60% of the farm’s electricity needs.
Southern Solar put in place a five-year, rolling Operations and Maintenance Contract for Roger Bowen at Brooklands Farm. This is a complete operations, systems monitoring, servicing and maintenance agreement for the existing installation.
Holden Dairy Farm
Lampeter, Ceredigion - November 2011
Southern Solar were employed to install a retrofit system of 42 solar panels on the cheese-making building at Bwlchwernen Fawr in Lampeter, Wales's longest certified organic farm, where thefamous Hafod Organic Cheddar Cheese is made.
The Holden family have been farming organically on the land for 35 years with Sam and Rachel taking over from Sam's father, Patrick - a former director of the Soil Association and founder of the Sustainable Food Trust.