Client Background
The Challenge
Gateshead Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP) is one of the most unique installations in the North East. From the outset this was an ambitious project from design to mechanical engineering and scale. The aim for this installation was to install the solar array without the support of a standard roof. The generated electricity would also need to partially offset the electricity used by the electric vehicle chargers within the car park.
Designers, structural engineers and solar specialists collaborated to come up with a supporting structure that created a unique mounting system that covered the full area of the 300 space car park. The completed installation is fully exposed above and below highlighting the engineering involved from nut and bolt, DC wiring and the energising panel.
What UCS Renewables Did
The installation was challenging as rising energy bills created a surge for solar installations increasing the strain of the supply chain and therefore reducing availability of required materials.
Over the course of 8 weeks our installation team overcame each hurdle constructing a large scale ‘mechano’ set installing 4618 components to support the panels – ensuring each panel was torque tested to ensure strength and stability.
- 243kW System
- 594 x 410w Solar Modules
- 2 x 110kW Solis Inverters
- Sun Fixing Mounting System
- Solis API Cloud Monitoring
