Riverford organic farmers

Organic farmers going off grid

Riverford Organic Farmers is on a mission to generate as much of its own power as possible. Electricity accounts for its second largest energy use after transport fuel, so they are targeting emissions associated with the power use.

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  • Commercial rooftop solar array
  • 25% of Riverford’s total power use is now renewable
  • Saves 6500 tonnes of CO2
  • 0.5 MW power from a 52,000sq ft roof
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Off grid ambition

Olympus Power had already built ground and rooftop systems for the Riverford Organic Farmers site in Devon. For this project,  we installed an array on the roof of Riverford’s vegetable packing HQ in South Devon. That’s a 52,000 square foot roof, big enough to up the power generated to 440,000kW – nearly half a mega-watt.

Over six weeks we installed 1,300 panels and 30,000 feet of cabling to create the largest subsidy-free solar array in the South West.

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On-site power

No government money was spent on this project, making it completely privately funded.

The end result generates 25% of Riverford’s total power demand, making a sizeable contribution to its ambition of going off-grid.  The roof-mounted solar panelling will save 6,500 tonnes of CO2 over its 40-year lifespan; the equivalent of planting 35 square miles of trees or an area the size of Brighton.

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Organic solar powered farming

The roof-mounted solar panelling will save 6,500 tonnes of CO2 over its 40-year lifespan; the equivalent of planting 35 square miles of trees or an area the size of Brighton.

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