• In June and July 2012 Brighton Energy Coop funded and installed the largest solar system in Sussex. Check out the BBC coverage of our project here, just after our share launch at the end of May. We raised more than £200,000 from community investors in Brighton and beyond; our members receive a return on their investment and building owners benefit from cheap, green solar electricity.

    Our share offer is still open: to buy shares click here. If you’re interested in how we got to where we are, take a look at a Sussex University study on Brighton Energy Coop, written by a researcher intimately involved in our development. Finally if you’re interested in community-owned solar on your building then check out the details here.

    See more details of our current solar arrays below.

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Output details for our systems between August and the end of October.

We own and manage large solar installations at three locations in the Brighton area.

The largest is at Hove Enterprise Centre within Shoreham Port. Here we have more than 350 panels spread over seven roofs. The majority of roofs face south, with one facing east and another west.

Each roof also has slightly different pitches and orientations, but all are calculated to operate with a high efficiency. Indeed, as of mid November 2012 our system here is operating more than 10% above our expectations. The graph above shows total system output up to October 2012.

Our City Coast Church installation is partially roof mounted (in the background) and partially free-standing.

Our second array is on the roof of City Coast Church in Portslade. This is a 35Kwp system composed of more than 140 panels, and has a peak capacity of 35Kw. Below you can see the cumulative output from the system until mid September 2012 (click to enlarge)


Our third array is at St George’s Church in Kemptown. This is a 10Kwp array, providing the church’s community centre with cheap, green electricity.

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