Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has switched of its bank of 135 solar panels in its efforts to become a carbon neutral business.
The panels installed by MHE Ltd will produce 50KW of clean zero carbon energy to provide electricity to the entire site as well as power the site’s new chargers.
The switch on coincides with SVA’s bank of 15 Wallbox electric vehicle chargers going live to power the growing number of EVs being sold at auction and to power SVA’s own company vehicle fleet.
SVA company car and minibus fleet are now 90% electric and the chargers will also cater for vendors and buyers visiting the site with electric cars.
Alex Wright, SVA’s MD said: “This is another milestone in our bid to become carbon neutral and they would have gone live a little sooner if we had not of been held up by component delays. We are based on the south coast so benefit from lots of sunshine, so it seemed a practical solution, even if we did have to invest in a brand-new roof to cope with the addition weight of the panels.”
