Clean Technica |By: Steve Hanley | GPE – November 12, 2017:
Flat Holm island is an uninhabited rocky outcropping in the Bristol Channel that separates England from Wales. It is much admired for its rugged beauty and abundant avian population but like many islands in the world, a diesel generator is its only source of electricity.
Originally published November 09, 2017: Somehow the melding of diesel fumes with the cries of the birds just doesn’t seem right to Cardiff Council, which has jurisdiction over the island.
Various schemes have been considered to bring clean, renewable power to the island, including hydroelectric power and a permanent installation of conventional solar panels.
Gareth Harcombe, energy and sustainability manager for the council, says the hope was to find a portable option, one that could be removed if needed and reused elsewhere. Enter Renovagen, a UK startup founded 5 years ago by John Hingley.
His company’s Rapid Roll Solar PV system can be unrolled like a carpet from a trailer and begin working immediately. One small panel can provide 11 kilowatts of power in just two minutes. A more extensive version, unrolled from a shipping container, can yield 300 kilowatts of electricity in less than an hour.
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