UK’s first large-scale PV plant

At Trefullock Moor in Cornwall, one of the UK’s first large-scale solar farm has been completed with the strong support of the founders of ACTIVE POWER LLC.

Now 21,272 solar panels stand on the 19 hectare site near Summercourt. This vast energy plant have a capacity of 5MW and generates 5 million KWh per year, which is enough to power around 3,000 homes. The site, around 10K South East of Newquay, has similar radiation levels to Southern Germany.

Work was begun in May 2011 and was carried out together under the umbrella contractor Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch company is now also managing the plant for SmartestEnergy, which is the UK’s leading purchaser of independently generated electricity and a provider of Power Purchase Agreements. The photo-voltaic panels are Bosch’s c-Si M 60 monocrystalline model.