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Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2004
Solar Power Transforms Prestigious
Development
Solar power providing homeowners with free electricity converted from natural sunlight has transformed a prestigious housing project into one of the most valuable British sustainable developments.
Solar technology developed by BP Solar has been incorporated into the roof design of ten of the 12 solar homes built on the Newcastle Great Park development that is situated adjacent to the A1 and close to Newcastle International Airport Built in two phases of six units each by Bryant Taylor Woodrow and Persimmon Homes, the solar panels will provide 1,400kWp of electricity for each household, which is enough for a third of their annual electricity needs
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The overall development comprises 2500 houses, a combination of detached, semi-detached and link as well as open space and commercial developments.
The solar homes, which are 4 bed detached and are priced between £240,000 to £395,000, have grey roof tiles so the solar cells blend in more effectively than on the traditional red tile roof.
Twelve solar systems have been installed, comprising 20 Redland PV 700 tile systems at 1.4kWp on 10 properties, and 2 BP Solar "Sun in a box" modular systems at 1.5Wp on 2 properties.
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This will give a total installed capacity of 17kWp, which is estimated to deliver 12,000kWh per annum.
Significantly, for both the UK construction and energy industry, the system is easy-to-install and provides immediate cost-savings.
Measurements taken on a typically dark, wet and cold mid-winter day earlier this year, showed the Redland PV700 panels were generating 187.4 Volts of electricity which is certainly more power than many homes had around the country in November last year, when their National Grid lines were down due to storms.
The Redland PV700 system, which uses the latest photovoltaic technology developed by BP Solar, was specially developed for traditional housing, as it integrates directly with the company's popular roof slates and tiles.
It is fitted securely to the roof battens and surrounding tiles or slates to form an integral part of the roof and maintain clean rooflines.
There are no visible brackets or supporting structures and the system's modular format enables an array of almost any system size to be installed, limited only by the roofing area available.
The PV solar panels on the 12 homes built at Newcastle Great Parkm are being integrated with Redland's Mini Stonewold slates.
The project is supported through funding from the second round of the DTI's Domestic PV Field Trials.
It has also received substantial support from the Regional Development Agency One North-East.
Partners in the project include Bryant Taylor Woodrow, Persimmon Homes, Newcastle City Council, Arup Consulting Engineers and the Government Office for the North East.
An organisation called The Northern Energy Initiative (TNEI) is managing the PV project.
"This is just the start of how we'd like to see housebuyers switching on to PV in the North East, inspired by our project," said TNEI project manager Helen Nisbet.
" The project is just what the industry needs to get more British developers and their customers turned on to eco-friendly PV solar power,".
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