Ann's Pasties, Helston Cornwall- Solar Panel System

We are a pasty producer, currently operating from 4 locations. Our main production site is in Helston and this is where we make and freeze all of our pasties. There's normally a minimum of 8 in the kitchen making and baking, with 1 in the shop selling. Our goal is to produce 2,000 pasties a day at this location to be used in our shops or sent out for wholesale. We also make and bake pasties for local cafes and events from this location.

Pasties are distributed from Helston to our shops in the Lizard and Porthleven. Lizard has 4 ovens and between 1 and 4 staff members depending on the season. Porthleven has 2 ovens and 1 to 2 staff members depending on the season.

We also send out our wholesale pasties from Helston or Gweek in our freezer van. We have multiple wholesalers around Cornwall, delivering twice a week in the quieter months and everyday in busy months. Additionally we've just taken on 2 wholesalers in Bristol and 1 in Wiltshire which we deliver too fortnightly.

Our last location is in Gweek where we have a storage depot and walk in freezer to store frozen pasties.

We are looking into solar panels and battery backup system for our main production site in Helston. Due to limited roof space we believe a 31.68KW system could be installed and we expect this to provide nearly 29KWh per annum approximately 36% of our electricity, reducing our dependency on the grid to 64%. We are also hoping to install 3 Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries. This forms part of the company's overall carbon reduction planning.

The purchase of this system is part of a grant funded application process and therefore procurement will be subject to grant approval of the project. We will assess tenders received on a Most Economically Advantageous Tender.