Crendon’s East Harling site (pictured) now has a solar installation with a 110kW capacity. Image: GB NRG.

Solar installer GB NRG has successfully completed solar PV installations across Crendon Timber Engineering’s sites across the UK.

All 15 of the timber manufacturing firm’s UK sites have been fitted with solar panels, which collectively generate 2MW of solar energy.

One of the largest installations is at Crendon Timber’s East Harling site, which has been fitted with 250 400W panels, which collectively can generate 85,000kWh of power each year. This leads to an estimated CO₂ saving of 19.5 tons every year. Crendon’s site in St Ives, Cornwall, is even larger, with 1,398 400W PV panels installed to total 573kW of capacity and generating 485,000kWh of power per annum, generating a CO₂ reduction of 111.5 tons each year.

Crendon has already seen significant cost savings on energy bills as each installation has been completed; while the initial payback time for the solar installation was predicted to be between six and seven years, rising energy prices mean the expected payback time is now closer to two to three years.

The firm is now considering installing battery energy storage systems (BESS) at their sites, enabling them to store solar energy generated on weekend days when the sites are not in use.

Ed Kirk, operations, innovations and sustainability director at Crendon Timber said: “Our objective is to create a climate of excellence, not only for our products and services, but for our employees, those persons affected by our activities and for the environment. We will manage our activities to minimise, wherever practical, their effect upon the environment.

“We are committed at all levels and at all functions of the organisation to continually improve our efforts. We recognise this will only be achieved by regular monitoring of our performance against objectives regulated by a committed management system. Solar PV is one aspect of this.”

Nathan Smith, business development director at GB NRG added: “This has been a great project for both companies and sets a new standard for sustainability in the timber industry. It’s extremely satisfying to see happy customers like Crendon Timber Engineering benefitting from the financial savings that PV can afford whilst, at the same time, helping to achieve substantial carbon reductions. The financial upside is better than ever.”

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