Homes and Property | Home Page

Glastonbury founder's solar-powered plans

Energy: the move will offset festival
12 April 2012

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has unveiled plans to build Britain's biggest private solar electricity system.

Mr Eavis, 74, has hosted over 200,000 revellers at Worthy Farm, Somerset, each summer since 1970. He plans to offset part of the carbon cost of the festival by installing 1,100 solar panels onto his cowshed roof.

The panels will generate 200 kilowatts of power on a sunny day. The energy will be used to power farming equipment.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Agriculture
Energy
Festive Events (including Carnivals)
Solar Energy
Somerset