Richmond Tigers turn to sun and rooftop solar to cut bills

tigersAFL team Richmond Tigers have installed a 99.7kW rooftop solar system at their iconic Punt Road headquarters, which also serves as the club’s main training facility.

The system was installed by Metro Solar, using Enphase Energy micro-inverters and Yingli Green Energy solar modules.

Club CEO Brendon Gale said the ground facilities – which includes a training gym, treatment and recovery clinic, education, workplace and retail spaces, has an extremely large load, most of which is consumed during the day.

The solar system is designed to meet much of that demand. An Enphase system known as “Burst Mode” technology, which initiates during low-light conditions, allows the system to produce additional generation in the morning and late afternoon.

The output will be displayed to the public at the Punt Road clubhouse.

The solar system is part of a broader effort by the Tigers to make their 170-year-old training headquarters eco-friendly. Yingli Solar equipped the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro and Arena Pernambuco in Recife with over 5,100 Yingli Solar PV panels during the FIFA World Cup.

 

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3 responses to “Richmond Tigers turn to sun and rooftop solar to cut bills”

  1. Daniel Ball Avatar
    Daniel Ball

    Is this install old news, all did it take a long time to get approved? Did something go wrong, as I’m sure this installation was on the cards mid last year with APS microinverters.

  2. Craig Allen Avatar
    Craig Allen

    Good to see that they’ve finally caught up with Collingwood on this front.

  3. Matt Grantham Avatar
    Matt Grantham

    Hopefully their panels turn out to be more reliable than their kicking in front of goal.

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