Sligo Park Hotel invests in solar panels to cut energy bills by 25,000 per year [Video]

The Sligo Park Hotel has completed the installation of a new photovoltaic (PV) solar panel array on the facility’s roof in a move that is expected to cut the hostelry’s annual energy bills by more than €25,000 and significantly reduce its carbon emissions.

JV Tierney and Company Consulting Engineers engaged Cool Air Ltd to install the 400 PV solar panels across 13,000 sq ft of the Sligo Park Hotel’s roof between June and August.

However, the panels only began contributing to the hotel’s energy use last month after being commissioned by the ESB.

Cool Air estimates that the installation of PV solar energy infrastructure will cut the hotel’s annual emissions by more than 47 metric tonnes of CO2, equivalent to planting 1,869 trees per year.

While the PV solar panels contribute less during the winter months, it is estimated that solar energy will make up 35-45% of the hotel’s overall usage during the April to September period.

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