Provision of Solar PV under a PPA agreement

The contract is to provide a PPA ( Power purchase agreement) over a 25 year period for the installation and maintenance of a 140kWp system (350 x 400W panels) on the roof of Heron Hall Academy as per the design outlined in Appendix 1. The school has an existing 93kWp system and uses 450,000 kwh total electricity a year. It has no capital to invest in an extension of the system. The objectives are to: 1. install solar PV at zero capital cost and gain zero -carbon power which the Trust will pay for. 2.Monitor and maintain it at no cost to the Trust, delivering zero-carbon electricity over the period of the agreement. 3.Provide cost savings to the school now and a mechanism for the Trust to be able to alter the price they pay for the solar power in the future. 4.Deliver education for sustainable development linked to electricity use.