A Welsh solar farm was set up to supply Morriston hospital in Swansea with 20% of it’s energy consumption each year, but it generated “enough energy over one 50 hour period to meet [all] of the hospital’s demands.”
So what?
The benefits included a reduction in electricity bills and carbon emissions which could motivate many more institutions (not just hospitals) to adopt solar power.
Furthermore, the scheme was trialled over the winter in the UK – a notoriously ‘grey’ weather period, and still provided impressive results. Does this mean other nations not typically sunny could look to solar power for their energy source?
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