Hybrid solar farms
Power everything
Hello, sunshine
Did you know that all of the energy in petrol and diesel came from the sun? We’re skipping the 300 million years it takes to make fossil fuels and harvesting new sunlight on our hybrid solar farms to provide instant clean energy.
GRIDSERVE’s solar farms are kitted out with motorised trackers that follow the sun, bifacial panels to capture more light and quarter-cut N-type perc cells to ensure we harvest as much energy as we can.
We’ve invested in the best technology because it boosts efficiency, meaning we can generate electricity for the lowest possible cost which then allows us to pass those savings on to our customers. Win-win.
Hybrid solar farms
With great power comes great responsibility
GRIDSERVE puts the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity at the heart of every hybrid solar farm development. That’s because we know that the more species living in an ecosystem, the higher its productivity and resilience.
Hybrid solar farms
Carbon capture in progress
We look for low-grade agricultural land to build our solar farms and as part of the process we plant native grasslands and broadleaved woodlands. This means that GRIDSERVE’s solar farms sequester more carbon than the land otherwise would – up to two thirds as much in some cases.
Our Clayhill hybrid solar farm in numbers
Clayhill is proof of concept for our Sun-to-Wheel energy ecosystem. Our 10MWp Hybrid Solar Farm was the first subsidy-free solar farm in the UK. It generates 9.5GWh of clean energy every year for our Electric Super Hubs and Electric Forecourts®. That’s enough charge to drive 16,711,408 miles.
Let there be light
There’s nothing more powerful or dependable than the sun. Here’s why we’re harnessing it.
The earth receives around 174,000 TW of energy in the form of sunshine everyday, which is 200,000 times the world’s total daily electricity needs.
With the right technology in place, solar projects can generate electricity more affordably than any other source of energy.
Thanks to hybrid solar farms with onsite batteries, clean energy can be generated, stored and shifted to wherever it’s needed at lightning speed.
We’ve got around five billion years’ worth of solar energy left but only 50 years’ worth of fossil fuels.
Building a solar farm leaves an insignificant carbon footprint and once built it can offset carbon emissions with the right vegetation.
Our latest stories
6 reasons why solar energy is awesome
The evidence is clear: if we want to maintain an optimal environment in which
humans can comfortably eat, sleep, breathe and watch Netflix, we need to stop
burning stuff.
How we're turning solar farms into nature hotels
It’s World Environment Day and the UN is encouraging us all to pledge action to
reverse the loss of some of the world’s most fragile ecosystems under the hashtag
#GenerationRestoration.
What is Sun-to-Wheel energy all about?
Science has proven beyond doubt that global temperatures are rising due to
human activity, with the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions coming from
the burning of fossil fuels.
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Get in touch and help us move the needle on climate change
We’re looking for land to build our network. If you’re a landowner or property developer, we want to hear from you.