The Business Park has taken an innovative approach to managing electricity. The integrated network is owned and managed by Nyfield. This enables us to maximise the utilisation of the solar panels on site to benefit both Nyfield and the Occupiers. Through our proactive management of the energy network we can monitor the system to continuously improve its performance.

Key project achievements

A Smart Grid is a system that combines multiple renewable energy technologies such as solar PV, battery storage systems, HV/LV infrastructure and electric vehicle charging points to create a single system across a whole site. At Nyfield Business Park, the innovative Smart Grid significantly changed the way in which electricity is now distributed within the development.

A 220 kWp rooftop solar array was installed onto two of the units which has the capacity to generate nearly half the energy requirements of the site. A battery storage system was installed to collect and store the energy, allowing for the energy load to be shifted from peak to off-peak periods, reducing peak demand. This puts less strain on the grid during peak times as the energy demand is fulfilled from multiple different sources.

The system also reduces our impact on the environment. The PV system will generate 178,000 kwh and will save in excess of 70,000 kg of CO2 per year, which will increase as more renewable technologies are planned to be added to the system.