Pictured above: Areley Kings Village Hall, with its new
solar energy installation
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.