Solar energy

Tender description

This tender is for the design, supply ad commissioning of a solar photovoltaic installation to the residential development at Trent Basin, Nottingham. The installation forms part of a pilot community energy scheme (CES) on the 22 acre Trent Basin site in Nottingham. The project takes a transformational approach to how communities can generate and consume energy. The community energy demonstrator and associated research work is funded by Innovate UK, the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) and associated industry partners. One of the key objectives of the project is to create vendor diagnostic business model templates that can be used by any developer to deploy CES as part of their own projects. The following are the key benefits: The consumer will benefit from reduced energy prices. New value will be created for developers and technology suppliers. The overall energy system cost for new generation will be reduced. The works covered under this specification comprise the following: The design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaics to existing dwelling roofs The design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaics to the elevation of an existing apartment block The design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaics to create a temporary farm on an area of vacant land adjacent to the existing dwellings. All associated site preparation, buildering work, and infrastructure to facility the solar photovoltaic installations. Separate procurement exercises will be undertaken in respect of the following: Containerised battery solution Infrastructure, controls and monitoring for linking containerised battery solutions, dwellings and proposed solar photovoltaics.