Our recent Solar Made Easy event in Grange Over Sands saw over 100 people from 70 households in attendance. The receptive and knowledgeable audience posed a raft of technical and testing questions to the installers Create Energy and Glow Solar who are two of five installation companies vetted by CAfS and working with us on the Solar Made Easy project. Many of the households have already progressed to obtaining quotes.
The solar map commissioned by CAfS identifies over 4,500 rooves across the seven towns and villages on the Cartmel Peninsula that are suitable for solar panel installations, with the total energy output calculated to be an estimated annual energy output of 19Gwh. See maps across Cumbria here.
The event was hosted in conjunction with local sustainability group PEAT, with their volunteers supporting the event with a leaflet drop, putting up posters and helping on the evening to set up and serve refreshments, laying out chairs, registering attendees and helping to clear away at the end. Chair of PEAT, Annette Hennessy said “A shining success for the Solar Made Easy event in Grange over Sands with nearly 100 people. Lots of enthusiasm, engagement and insights from CAfS, the installers and the audience, with follow up interest already. It’s helped us to reach out to a new group of people as well as recruit new members. PEAT was proud to work with CAfS to bring this very positive evening about renewable energy to the Cartmel peninsula. It was easy to do and we would definitely encourage others to try the same.”
This project is funded by Energy Redress.