{"id":5848,"date":"2026-08-11T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:34:42","slug":"perham-down-solar-installation-surpasses-1-gwh-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/perham-down-solar-installation-surpasses-1-gwh-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Perham Down Solar Installation Surpasses 1 GWh Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">On top of a vehicle garage at Swinton Barracks, Perham Down, solar panels are turning an ordinary roof into a source of renewable energy.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">Since January 2023, it has been generating clean electricity for the British Army<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">recently reaching a milestone of over 1\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">g<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">igawatt\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">h<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">our (GWh)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229628244 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW229628244 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Delivered by ADSL on behalf of\u00a0the\u00a0Defence Infrastructure Organisation\u00a0for the British Army, the installation is part of Project Prometheus and reflects a practical step towards a more sustainable estate. The 912 solar panels have steadily reduced reliance on traditional energy sources while supporting\u00a0the\u00a0day-to-day operations on site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The impact of generating 1 GWh of electricity is significant. The installation is estimated to have\u00a0cut\u00a0around 197,000 kilograms of carbon emissions,\u00a0comparable to planting approximately 12,000 trees.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the largest solar roof across the Project Allenby Connaught Estate and the first to surpass 1 GWh of generation, the project\u00a0demonstrates\u00a0how a single building can make a substantial contribution through the simple use of available roof space.\u00a0More than three years on, what was once an ordinary vehicle garage roof has become a significant source of clean electricity for the British Army.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On top of a vehicle garage at Swinton Barracks, Perham Down, solar panels are turning an ordinary roof into a source of renewable energy.\u00a0Since January 2023, it has been generating clean electricity for the British Army,\u00a0recently reaching a milestone of over 1\u00a0gigawatt\u00a0hour (GWh).\u00a0 Delivered by ADSL on behalf of\u00a0the\u00a0Defence Infrastructure Organisation\u00a0for the British Army, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}