{"id":11028,"date":"2017-05-04T08:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T21:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=11028"},"modified":"2017-05-04T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T00:18:48","slug":"uk-solar-bus-mb0022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK&#8217;s First Solar Powered Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11029\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11029\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/uk-solar-bus.jpg\" alt=\"Solar powered bus\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/uk-solar-bus.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/uk-solar-bus-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK&#8217;s First Solar Bus &#8211; A Big Lemon, But Not<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s first fully solar-electric bus, operated by the curiously named transport service The Big Lemon, is now cruising the streets of Brighton and Hove.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Previously a regular diesel bus fueled with waste cooking oil converted to biodiesel, the now-electric bus features 133 kWh battery storage capacity. The bus is recharged with electricity generated by a 21kW solar panel array on the roof of the bus depot that charges a large battery at the depot, which in turn charges the vehicle&#8217;s battery overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The first rebirthed bus is also equipped with wi-fi and USB charging points.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Lemon joined forces with Brighton Energy Coop for the project, which was financed in part by a crowdfunding campaign held last year that raised \u00a313,325 in 28 days from 171 supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So with new solar-powered buses, and all our coaches running on used cooking oil, The Big Lemon just gets greener and greener,&#8221; said Managing Director Norman Baker.<\/p>\n<p>This vehicle will apparently be the first of many, with another to be delivered soon. The Big Lemon says it has a goal of bringing zero-emissions electric buses to communities across the UK by 2030, all of which will be run by the local community and powered by renewables.<\/p>\n<p>Winner of multiple awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebiglemon.com\/\">The Big Lemon<\/a> has its roots back in 2006 when a group of people got together in Brighton to set up a local bus service that would be affordable and environmentally sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Solar buses have been attracting interest around the world in recent years; not just in relation to emissions reduction, but also operations and maintenance savings potential.<\/p>\n<p>Australia lays claim to having the world&#8217;s first fully solar- electric solar bus in service, which operates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/adelaide\/\">Adelaide<\/a>. Named Tindo (not to be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/tindo-solar-review.html\">Tindo solar panels<\/a>), its 11 Zebra battery modules give it a range of 200 km between recharges under typical urban conditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11030\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11030\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tindo-solar-bus.jpg\" alt=\"Tindo solar bus\" width=\"636\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tindo-solar-bus.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tindo-solar-bus-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tindo solar bus &#8211; Image : City Of Adelaide<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The bus is recharged via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/\">solar panels<\/a> installed atop the Adelaide Central Bus Station that generate almost 70,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year. At the time the array was installed, it was Adelaide\u2019s largest grid-connected solar power system.<\/p>\n<p>Tindo operates around the city and North Adelaide as a free service.<\/p>\n<p>More info on the Tindo bus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofadelaide.com.au\/assets\/acc\/Environment\/energy\/docs\/tindo_fact_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s first fully solar-electric bus, operated by the curiously named transport service The Big Lemon, is now cruising the streets of Brighton and Hove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The UK&#039;s First Solar Powered Bus - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UK&#039;s first fully solar-electric bus, operated by the curiously named transport service The Big Lemon, is now cruising the streets of Brighton and Hove.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The UK&#039;s First Solar Powered Bus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK&#039;s first fully solar-electric bus, operated by the curiously named transport service The Big Lemon, is now cruising the streets of Brighton and Hove.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-03T21:51:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-04T00:18:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/uk-solar-bus.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"The UK&#8217;s First Solar Powered Bus\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-03T21:51:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-04T00:18:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/uk-solar-bus-mb0022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/uk-solar-bus.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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