The Anonymous Widower

Centrica And Moog Inc. Agree Major Solar Power Purchase Agreement

The title of this post is the same as that of this press release from Centrica.

This is the sub-heading.

Centrica Business Solutions has completed a long-term solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with aerospace defence designer and manufacturer, Moog Inc. The solar array will accelerate the decarbonisation of its aerospace manufacturing site in Wolverhampton and help the business achieve its net zero goals.

These three paragraphs introduce the project.

The agreement sees Centrica lease roof space from Moog Inc. to install a 2,200 solar panel array capable of generating circa 1MW. The energy company will finance the project and have agreed on a PPA with Moog Inc. for the renewable electricity generated on site.

Construction is set to complete in the spring and the panels will provide Moog Inc. with 800 MWh of renewable, reliable energy every year for the next 25 years – around 10 per cent of the site’s existing electricity requirements.

This gives Moog Inc. price certainty and access to green electricity without any upfront costs, and it will reduce operational CO2 emissions by 175 tonnes every year.

Note.

1. The roof is one of Centrica’s biggest roof top solar arrays to date.
2. It’s the first retrofit on an existing manufacturing plant of a solar array for Moog Inc. and wthe’re looking forward to doing more.

The Wikipedia entry for Moog Inc. starts with this paragraph.

Moog is an American-based designer and manufacturer of electric, electro-hydraulic and hydraulic motion, controls and systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical devices. The company operates under four segments: aircraft controls, space and defense controls, industrial controls, and components. Moog is headquartered in Elma, New York and has sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities in twenty-six countries.

Bill Moog, who founded the company, was a cousin of the guy who invented the Moog synthesizer.

Their products feature on the Airbus A 350, the Boeing 787, the Lockheed Martin F 35 and are used to operate the roofs on Centre Court and Court One at Wimbledon.

Conclusion

We will see a lot more solar installations like these.

I am not sure of the type of solar panels used on Moog’s Wolverhampton factory, but these roofs must be an ideal place to use BIPVco steel solar panels as Network Rail used at Denmark Hill station.

This roof became operational in 2021.

This picture shows a Ventum Dynamics turbine on Skegness Pier.

On the Ventum Dynamics web site, there are several pictures of buildings with flat roofs, that have several turbines on each.

I believe these turbines would fit neatly on some large industrial roofs with solar panels to form an efficient wind/solar application.

March 23, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Sport | Airbus A350, BIPVco, Boeing 787, Centrica, Centrica Business Solutions, F-35, Moog Inc, Solar Power, Tennis, Ventum Dynamics, Wimbledon Centre Court, Wimbledon Court One, Wind Power, Wolverhampton