Iron Mountain’s second installation in a long-term plan to roll out solar on their data-centres across the UK following their successful roll out across their sites in the US. They are partnering with Aniron Solar and Eden Sustainable under a Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) model. Aniron’s Sesh Diu says “First and foremost our systems aredesignedto beinvestmentgrade, whether it’s a PPA or self-funded, with SMA the ability to oversize DC/AC ratios is a real plus point. We’ve been using SMA products for 10 years and their sales and after sales support is class leading.” PPA allow the solar installation owner to use roof space for PV panels, with the end energy user being the building occupier, which provides them the cost saving and carbon reduction benefitswithoutthecapex costs.
Location
Livingston
Commissioning
March 2020
Specific requirements
PPA model, Oversized DC/AC ratio
Installer / Owner
Aniron Ltd
End Energy User
Iron Mountain Inc.
Nominal power
255 kW
Annual energy yield
800 kWh/kWp
CO2 savings
estimated 240 tonnes annually
DC oversizing
125%
System Technology
3x Sunny Highpower PEAK1 (SHP-75) Inverters
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