Cost-effective power
A 1MW solar PV system will power Hitachi Rail Europe’s first train manufacturing facility in Europe, at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.

This will comprise 3,800 of Trina Solar’s high efficiency 265W mono-crystalline solar modules with 28 PowerOne Trio27 inverters.
The PV system will be financed by Macquarie Lending, with Hitachi Rail benefiting from a Power Purchase Agreement, which offers electricity discounted to current rates and the certainty of the price being linked to RPI over the next twenty years.
This framework agreement between solar PV supplier and installer Photon Energy and Macquarie Lending will enable organisations with large roof areas to benefit from long term low cost ‘green’ electricity and lower carbon emissions without investing in the infrastructure.
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