Luke Hutchison

On farm applications of solar thermal and impact of RHI

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1. Luke Hutchinson Operations & HR Director, Southern Solar
2. ENERGY NOW EXPO CONFERENCE 2013 Luke Hutchison
3. On farm applications of solar thermal and impact of RHI
4. Solar Thermal • What is it? How different to PV? • Uses in farming • The Renewable Heat Incentive • The financials and modelling • Supply partners • Successful installation & on going support • Who are Southern Solar?
5. What is Solar Thermal?, Not this...
6. Or this....
7. But this...
8. Or this...
9. Put with this...
10. And some pipes and pumps...
11. Farming Uses of Solar Thermal Dairies Abattoirs Food Processing ... and swimming pools.
12. Dairies High Hot Water Demand Often Electric Heating
13. Abattoirs or high hot water use facilities Very High Hot Water Demand Usually expensive fuel – electric, LPG or oil
14. Swimming Pools Strangely common request on farms Large amounts of heat required from April to October Usually expensive fuel – electric, LPG or oil
15. How to apply for the RHI? Option A. Produce letter authorising Southern Solar to do it as part of our install. Provide bank account details for payment Option B. Complete around 70 questions on a 6 page document yourself. Points to watch – metering arrangements.
16. Financials • 30m2 with 2500 litres storage = £25k • RHI Income £1246/yr, Fuel savings £2,047/yr • Payback 6 years (without RHI 10 years) -£50,000 £0 £50,000 £100,000 £150,000 £200,000 £250,000 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 Values in GBP How will my solar hot water system benefit me?
17. Financials (cont) • Approx 0.7kW per m2 • Approx 450kWhrs/yr per m2 • Pricing for large projects approx: £4000+£700/m2 • Paybacks 5 to 10 years with RHI, depending on energy use and fuel displaced.
18. System Modelling
19. RHI Application Case Study Abbey Home Farm, Cirencester Hot water for washing up in the preparation of food products Solar thermal installation completed by Southern Solar Ltd RHI application completed by Southern Solar on client’s behalf Client receives 8.9p/kWhr for 20 years, plus offsets energy bills Payback in less than 6 years
20. Supply Partners • TiSun - Austrian large scale ST specialists • Kingspan – UK specialists • Wagner – German medium scale • Going Chinese??
21. Successful installation Dedicated Project Manager and Team Leader Full design, supply and installation Quality products and service at great value
22. Successful Integration • Installation – Project management – Minimising site disruption – Additional works – e.g. Structural, DNO – H&S management – Delivery on time and to a fixed budget • Post Installation – System monitoring – Maintenance Contract
23. Monitoring & Maintenance • Full O&M Packages available • On line data logging
24. Southern Solar Ltd • Established in 2002, thousands of clients • Design, supply and install of Solar Water Heating and PV Systems (plus ASHP’s and EWI) • Regional offices in London, Sussex, Bristol, Oxford, Hampshire and South Wales. • Market leader across the South • Directly employed installation staff • Part owned by Triodos Bank
25. Luke Hutchison, Director luke@southernsolar.co.uk