An East Lancs power firm has launched a brand new product designed for off-grid purposes and has the facility to harness clear photo voltaic power.
Reliable Renewables, primarily based in Barnoldswick, launched the product, named ‘Sonny’ at a regional youth soccer match within the city final weekend (May 25-26).
Then-Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson unveiled Sonny to the general public and throughout the occasion, it powered 5 meals stalls, together with one which requires loads of power for an electrical pizza oven, and bouncy fort.
Sonny is provided with 12 sun-tracking, high-efficiency photo voltaic panels, which produce 4.80kWp. It is able to producing as much as 50kW of three-phase 230/400v energy and has a high-powered 140kWh battery storage system.
The product might play a giant position because the UK and the world look to shift in the direction of clear, inexperienced power to attempt to decelerate local weather change from carbon emissions.
The product makes use of the facility of the solar (Image: Reliable Renewables)
Reliable Renewables mentioned that Sonny is able to producing massive quantities of electrical energy in virtually all conditions, together with serving as a speedy response energy unit in emergencies, similar to pure disasters that trigger energy outages or failure of the nationwide grid.
Other conditions could also be for native companies similar to meals distributors, leisure artists, outlets, and markets to make use of the facility of indoor and outside actions.
The firm mentioned Sonny can utterly substitute diesel turbines, that are ‘noisy, inefficient, and costly to run.’
It additionally integrates Sonny with Sunsynk Connect, an app that enables customers to watch how a lot energy their photo voltaic system is producing.
This permits the staff and the consumer to trace how a lot power is getting used and generated.
Sonny additionally options proprietary expertise that follows the arc of the solar all through the day to maximise panel effectivity and produce 60 p.c extra power than a hard and fast array.
It additionally has a remotely monitored CCTV safety system for on-site safety advantages, distant controllable website lighting, and USB cellphone charging lockers.
Nicola Heys, gross sales director at Reliable Renewables, mentioned: “Sonny represents a significant step ahead within the sensible use of renewable power, significantly for native companies.
“We are completely satisfied to offer an answer that not solely helps sustainability but in addition empowers small companies to function effectively and economically by inexperienced power in numerous eventualities.
“The constructive suggestions from our launch occasion in Barnoldswick highlights Sonny’s potential to alter how occasions are run throughout the UK, and we will not wait till the subsequent one.”
Sonny will make its subsequent look on the Cliviger Sounds music pageant in Cliviger, close to Burnley, on June 7, 8, and 9, the place it will likely be used all through the occasion.
