Hydrelio© Floating Solar System at Sheeplands Farm, UK - Interview with Mark Bennett
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Hydrelio© Floating Solar System at Sheeplands Farm, UK - Interview with Mark Bennett



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2CliTWQorg

Sheeplands farm  is the first site in the UK to install Hydrelio © floating solar PV

This system allows the farm to utilise their new 60 million litre irrigation reservoir by generating renewable energy on-site to power the reservoir’s pump. The installation of solar on water enables Sheeplands Farm to increase their energy independence without using up valuable land space.
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This 200KWp installation is comprised of 800 market-leading Trina panels. The panels are assembled on land and then carefully lowered into the water. The installation also benefits from the government’s Feed-in-Tariff.




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