5MW solar farm to power Dorset Green Hydrogen

The green hydrogen project will produce 120,000kg of the clean energy carrier per year. Image: Ethical Power.
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The 5MW Whites Pit solar farm in Wimborne, Dorset, has been commissioned by renewable energy Ethical Power to provide power to the Dorset Green Hydrogen project.

The solar project has been commissioned on behalf of Canford Renewable Energy, an operator and developer of energy infrastructure, to power its first green hydrogen project – a 0.9MW electrolyser.
Whites Pit solar farm consists of 12,430 solar modules that have been installed across a 26-acre landfill site. This had been energised in October 2022. The green energy produced via the solar farm will provide green energy to the electrolyser throughout its design lifetime of 30 years.

The green hydrogen produced at the site, which could reach up to 120,000kg per year, will be compressed, stored and sold for local and regional use as a carbon free fuel. This will help decarbonise large vehicle fleets in Dorset.

Ethical Power was the EPC contractor for the Whites Pit solar park built on a closed former landfill owned by Canford Renewable Energy. The scope of works by Ethical Power Group companies also included development consultancy and due diligence, civils and reinstatement works and technical due diligence throughout the construction phase.