Draper Tools has just received its annual Wrap Report from solar intelligence and installation company Absolar,

Te report reveals how the 106 year old, family-run business has generated 517,373 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable energy across the year.

According to Absolar, the amount of energy generated by Draper’s solar installation this year is enough to make 11 million cups of tea. More importantly, it has prevented over 100 tonnes of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere in 2025 and will continue to do so.

Speaking about the news, Matt Sheen, CEO at Draper Tools, said: “The solar installation at our new environmentally efficient warehouse represented a major investment for us and certainly required meticulous planning and execution from the Absolar team. However, getting our first annual Wrap Report from them has definitively proven just how worthwhile and strategically important that decision was.

"Seeing our system generating over half a million kilowatt-hours of clean energy in its first year is incredible. Avoiding more than 100 tonnes of CO2 just shows how it’s making a real difference.”

Draper’s newly completed warehouse features over 900 solar panels, carefully placed around 700 skylights. Absolar handled the full end-to-end delivery, from initial feasibility and remote scanning to installation and commissioning. The Wrap Report allowed Draper to hone in on its highest producing week (w/c 7 July) and even its highest daily output of 3,635 kWh (18 June). In total, 3,781 operational hours were logged since the system was installed a year ago.

Looking to the future Draper, which is certified under the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, is set to generate even more clean energy, having recently commissioned Absolar for another solar installation on a second building at its head office site.