PowerMarket’s recent Solar Feasibility study analysed the 30 largest science parks in the UK, this accommodates hundreds of small start-ups and features R&D laboratories and facilities. Based on this study, PowerMarket found that these science parks could save around £65m annually on energy costs by making just 5% of the suitable roof space available for solar installations.
PowerMarket claims that if this was replicated across just 5% UK’s commercial building estate – estimated at 2,500 hectares of south-facing roof space – businesses would collectively save around £12.6bn annually on energy costs.
Additionally, the carbon savings would combine to more than 12Mt of CO2 annually, based on the 53 kilo tonnes of carbon emissions that could be saved at the analysed science parks. Even when covering the lifecycle emissions of solar, including panel…
Businesses missing out on £12bn onsite solar energy savings
