The Blenheim Palace estate has become the first member of the Sustainable Energy Consortium (SEC) for both import and exporting energy thanks to the Weeveley Solar Park.
The 7MW Weaveley Solar Park, which is spread over 20 hectares of the Blenheim Palace estate, was completed in May of this year and now supplies Blenheim Palace with all its electricity. At times when this is not possible, such as during maintenance work, green sources of electricity that have been attached by the SEC form the shortage, so that Blenheim Palace is 100% performed on renewable energy.
The SEC is a group -selling consortium with which sites can protect green energy through different sources, so that even fluctuating weather conditions have no influence on a clean energy supply. The supplies are also supported by a much more flexible term of five years than the contracts of 15-20 years that are usually signed for a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA). With the Weeveley Solar Park, the Blenheim Palace estate has now become the first SEC member organization that exports both the import and exporting energy, which shows the flexibility of SEC agreements.
To achieve this, the managers of the BLENHEIM Place estate began to work with North West Energy and Sustainability Advice Agency Sustainable Energy First (SE First) in January 2024. SE first worked next to the estate to find a streamlined way to use both the Energy Solar Park.
Roy Cox, director of the Blenheim Estates, praised the partnerships formed with SE First and the SEC and said: “If you are a fairly small generator, you need partnerships like this to create scaled and ambitious results. Such solutions can follow other companies and together we can start finding greener and sustainable ways of our future.”
Matt Osbourne, associated director of renewable energy and origin at SE it was first agreed and added: “The decision to be both consumers and generator in the consortium of sustainable energy makes [the Estate] A real pioneer when it comes to their energy and sustainability goals. “
Other historical qualities in the UK also investigate the possibilities that Zonne -generation can offer for their future, including, in particular, The Royal Sandringham estate. The benefits extend much further than generating low -carbon and electricity; A major improvement in biodiversity has also been Noted on the Blenhiem estate since the Weaveley Solar Park was completed in May.
