Since April, our assets have delivered more than 45 million kWh of clean power across over 100 sites, enough to power over 16,0000 homes for a year, with 110MWp now under management and more coming online every month.
Peter Hall, ADE’s Chief Asset Officer, shares an update on how the platform has performed over the summer, and what sits behind the numbers.
For ADE’s customers, the most immediate impact is financial. Onsite solar can be sold at under half the grid price, which has translated into around £5m of savings on the energy delivered since April. Customers pay for the energy they use, not the infrastructure that produces it, and the savings are direct and measurable.
The environmental impact is significant too. Nearly 7,000 tonnes of CO2 have been avoided in five months, a total that continues to climb as the portfolio expands.
The sunny weather helps, but the numbers were not simply handed to us by the weather. Solar panels only deliver clean energy when they are able to generate. Our portfolio performance reflected the fact that our asset availability reached up to 99.6% over the period. That reliability is why the portfolio ran ahead of expectations every month, even taking account of a summer that was warmer and sunnier than normal.
“Long-term ownership only means something if the assets perform,” said Peter. “Hitting a target on average isn’t enough. We give every customer a clear picture of how their own asset is doing, month by month, so they can see exactly what it delivered and why.”
Strong performance does not happen on its own. ADE’s asset management team and delivery partners have carried out more than 40 site visits over the summer, covering preventive inspections, corrective call-outs, module cleaning and replacements, all completed without a single Health & Safety incident.
Behind the scenes, data from every site feeds into a single platform. Automated alerts are triggered if the asset trips and stops generating. A dedicated monitor tracks performance for every asset, and this is reviewed against irradiance at the site to highlight any unexpected performance shortfalls. And soiling, one of the more common causes of gradual output loss, is detected through performance drift analysis so that cleaning can be scheduled where it will make the most difference to savings.
This update reflects what sets ADE apart: we fund, own and operate the assets we deliver, and we stay accountable for how they perform over the long term. The summer’s results are a proof point of that model in action, not a one-off.
As the portfolio continues to grow across the UK and Europe, we remain focused on the same thing: making sure every site delivers the performance, savings and reliability that customers were promised.
