Wednesday 8th June 2011 - Published by Lara Page - Account Manager
Village Hall Plugs into the Sun to Save Cash and Carbon
A village hall is reaping the rewards of lower energy costs and a smaller carbon footprint, thanks to its recently installed solar energy system.
Kidderminster-based Eco2Solar completed the installation of a £15,000 solar energy system at Areley Kings Village Hall, in Stourport, which is now generating green electricity, as well as extra cash.
Paul Hutchens, Managing Director of Eco2Solar, commented: “With recent headlines warning that domestic and commercial fuel bills are set to rocket, due to a prolonged rise in the price of wholesale gas and electricity, the panels will provide a significant cost-saving for the hall, making this a wise and invaluable investment.”
The panels have been working for six weeks and have so far produced more than 700kwh of electricity. The hall will also receive more than £300 for the electricity its panels have generated so far, after feeding the surplus energy back into the national grid. In addition, the hall’s carbon emissions have been reduced by 400kg.
Graham Baldwin, a trustee of Areley Kings Village Hall said: “It has been a pleasure doing business with everyone at Eco2Solar and we shall thank the company for many years to come. Our hall will be so much more eco-friendly and our energy costs reduced considerably, which will help to keep our hire costs down and benefit all our users.”
Estimates suggest that the system will produce more than half of the electricity the hall normally uses annually. On top of this, the hall will receive 43.3p for every kwh of electricity produced by the system over the next 25 years, under the government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme.
Eco2Solar provides professional, cost-effective solar power installations, which significantly reduce the fuel bills, and carbon footprints, of businesses, organisations and individuals.
Areley Kings Village Hall, with its new solar energy installation
