Smart solar power

MDL Marinas is rolling out a solar panel installation scheme across its sites, most recently installing solar panels on the Saltmarsh Building at its Cobb’s Quay Marina.

Richard Broadribb, MDL’s property director, explained: “We’re continuing with the roll out of our solar panel installations with additional panels recently installed and generating energy at Cobb’s Quay, with more to follow across the estate as we work through our green investment programme.”

No waste

Supplied and fitted by The Logical Group, the 100 Solar Edge panels at Cobb’s Quay Marina convert the sun’s energy more efficiently into current and the electricity produced is used onsite, with any unused electricity returned to the grid.

MDL has already installed solar panels at its Hamble Point and Ocean Village marinas, which have generated nearly 150,000kWh from April 2020 through to February 2021; the equivalent of planting 1,500 trees per year across the three sites.

The company has plans for a similar scheme at its Shamrock Quay and Saxon Wharf sites, complementing the existing Tesla and universal charging facilities at several of its marinas. MDL also recently launched MDL Fitness, a new range of green gyms where the fitness equipment converts human kinetic energy into electricity.