Ground Mounted Solar PV, South Whiteness
System: Renusol Console+ HDPE Ground Mount TubsInput: 9x 340w Trina MONO Half-Cut PV Modules, SolarEdge Optimisers - 3kWInverter: SolarEdge 3kWEstimated Annual Production: 2,340kWhNordri was approached to design a PV system for an unusual house in South Whiteness.
The house featured a "green" living grass roof, which was unsuitable for all the standard roof mounting systems for solar PV. The site was restricted as well, with the house dug into hard rock, and an established garden to preserve.
The customer identified a small corner of the garden where panels could be fitted. Due to the hard ground and small space the usual ground mounting kits and designs were inappropriate, so Nordri specified Renusol Console+ HDPE tubs.
These tubs fit one panel each and can be arrange in any orientation in the available space, then filled with ballast to anchor them in place. This can be gravel, sand, soil, or anything heavy. In this case the customer used rocks removed from his garden, a good use on on-site materials and saved disposing of them.
With all the panels at slightly different orientations Nordri opted to use a SolarEdge optimised system.
This has an optimiser fitted to each panel which monitors the available solar energy on a per panel level meaning each individual panel is always doing its maximum in any given conditions. It also means the inverter is much smaller, which was ideal for this small house, and comes with a long standard warranty.
The system is connected to a wireless monitoring system meaning both the customer and Nordri can see how it is performing and any faults remotely.