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Demonstration Site
In 1997 Wind & Sun moved to the Humber Marsh Nature Reserve in Herefordshire,
a 13 acre wetland and environmental education centre which we own and
manage. We have a workshop, showroom, test, training and
demonstration site, where many items can be seen on working display.
Installations include: Grid connected Wind Turbine; Grid Connected PV
arrays both above roof, roof integrated & tracking; stand-alone PV
systems; solar pumps & fountains; battery systems; inverter test
facilities.
New
Facilities
 Wind & Sun have expanded its operations. Building work is
now completed to provide additional space for extending the demonstration and training
services available.
The new building incorporates a new mechanical
workshop, warehousing and an expanded office area. This has
enabled us to rationalise our existing space to provide better
electronic service workshop, increased showroom area and two classrooms
for training and visitor reception.
The
building itself has been constructed using green building
techniques. In order to keep heating requirements to a minimum it
incorporates a high degree of thermal mass wrapped in high levels of
Warmcell recycled paper insulation and utilises large south facing
windows to maximise passive solar gains. The upstairs office
incorporates green oak cruck frames to create a wonderful open
space. All electricity requirements will of course be met by our
on-site wind and PV generation!
Various types of PV panels have been added to
the rooftop system already installed. Architects and Planners will be
able to gauge the visual appearance, whilst electricians and roofers
can be trained on actual equipment.
Various wind
and PV systems are installed around our site. From simple solar
fountains and battery charging stand-alone systems to grid-connected
wind turbines and roof integrated PV arrays. These systems are used to
meet electrical requirements of our offices, showrooms and workshops.
They are also used for demonstration and training together with
product or system development.
 We
have installed a 1kWp PV array using 12 x BP585S modules and a Sunny
Boy 1100E inverter on a dual axis tracker. this enables the
PV array to follow the sun throughout the day and so maximise output.
This is being used to provide power for our new building and it's output
is being compared with that of a similar fixed array on an existing
building. A Sunny Beam Display unit is being used to monitor
performance which so far has been excellent! Apart from providing a
convenient means of mounting the array we expect the tracker to give an
approx. 30% yearly power improvement over the fixed array.
Complementary
demonstration projects are planned on topics such as nature conservation; water collection; sewage
treatment; woodland management and organic growing.
See our Sunny Portal
visualisation
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