Turn to the green side: Wales-based industrial site retrofitted to become more sustainable

In a bid to try and meet net zero targets, 1,000 solar panels have been fitted into a warehousing and logistics company in Wrexham.

F Lloyd (Penley), a warehousing company in Wales, have recently invested in solar energy, which has been reported to cost over £520K. The new project is said to generate almost half a megawatt per year of clean renewable energy, supplying electricity to the whole site on Bridge Road South at Wrexham industrial estate.

Any power that will be generated but left unused will be sent back to the national grid for use by surrounding businesses.

However, the company’s switch to become more sustainable doesn’t end there. As well as installing solar panels, the warehouse and logistics provider is seeking to electrify all heavy goods vehicles and forklift machinery, reduce reliance on oil for heating and hot water and adopt a zero-landfill policy.

The solar project commenced in July with scaffolding assembled ahead of the delivery of 956 430kWp solar panels which themselves took two weeks to install. 

Tim Knowles, founder, and Managing Director of FI Real Estate Management, commented: ‘Mitigating the impact of climate change is absolutely critical and businesses like ours need to act now. We understand the role we can play in helping the UK transition to a net zero economy which is why we have implemented a long-term sustainability programme, commencing with the adoption of solar energy.’

Phil Walsh, General Manager at F Lloyd (Penley), added: ‘We’ve now installed almost 1,000 solar panels across the apex of our building which will generate approximately 500k kW of electricity every year. Not only will this benefit us across our entire Wrexham operation, but we’ll also be supplying nearby businesses with clean renewable energy via the national grid.’

Image: Nuno Marques

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