The £200,000 installation, at our campus in Falmer, puts it among the top universities in the UK for on-site renewable energy.
The panels, on the roofs of Westlain House, Mayfield House and Falmer Library, are expected to meet 7.5% of Falmer's electricity demand, generating over 173,000 kWh of clean, renewable electricity a year.
The installation was completed in record time to benefit from a higher 'Feed-in Tariff' subsidy - a government initiative which provided a financial incentive for electricity produced from renewable sources, but which has been cut by 70 per cent for solar PV arrays installed after 15 January.
To safeguard an additional £200k income for the university over the next 20 years, the PV installation was brought forward following the announcements of the cuts, and swiftly completed before the feed-in tariff deadline.
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