Vector Hubbards Solar Panels

Hubbards and Vector both have a strong desire to look after the environment and have been working together to save energy for your breakfast.

We have jointly installed a solar panel array on the roof of our Finished Good Warehouse.

The figures below represent the total electricity produced since the solar panel array was switched on and the amount of carbon dioxide avoided.

Key Facts about the System

It is New Zealand's largest thin-film solar PV system with 160 panels covering an area of 227.5m²

We are proud that the solar panels will produce enough energy every year to

• Power the Finished Good Warehouse for an entire year
• Produce 169,865 packets of cereal
• Produce 2 million servings of cereal

This is energy that is generated on our site and used within our factory and is clean, renewable, creates no noise, no waste and most importantly no pollution.

How does it work? The solar panels produce DC power when the sun hits them The DC solar power is then fed into the inverter and converted into AC power The AC solar power is fed into the switchboard for immediate use on site.
The equivalent amount of cereal per day which is produced using solar energy	Dick Hubbard (Chairman, Founder of Hubbards), Simon Mackenzie (CEO Vector), Dr. Nick Smith (Minister for the Environment).
The inverters which convert the electricity generated from DC to AC so it can be used	The team admiring the solar panels on the roof of the warehouse
For more information on solar PV or other renewable technologies, please check out  www.vector.co.nz/corporate/renewables