Naval base cuts dependance on grid energy by 63% after installing hi-tech roof-top unit
A Liverpool Royal Navy base has become the first site in the UK and Europe to have a Hover wind-powered microgrid installed to generate renewable energy.
Burscough-based Task Contract Solutions has installed the kit on the roof of HMS Eaglet, a training base on the banks of the River Mersey.
It is estimated the wind turbine technology, combined with other systems, will reduce the site's dependence on grid energy by 63%.
A hover turbine is a roof-mounted wind turbine that generates up to 100,000 kWh of electricity each year.
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