Even before she got behind her desk in Whitehall, Amber Rudd, the new energy secretary, was promising to “unleash a new solar revolution”.
A million people now live in homes with solar panels on the roof, and she says that number needs to increase further.
Yet the residents of one small town in Cornwall need no extra persuasion.
Around 500 houses in Wadebridge on the Camel estuary already have panels on their roofs – nearly 10% of homes in the area – making the town a contender for the solar power ‘capital’ of the UK.
“It is fairly likely from the information we’ve been able to gather that Wadebridge has the highest concentration of panels in the country,” says Jerry Clark, of the town’s Renewable Energy Network.
Cornwall, with 1,541 sunshine hours every year, is particularly rich in this resource.
Residents of Wadebridge have been amongst the fastest in the UK to install solar panels
But people living anywhere in the UK can also benefit.
Providing you are prepared to invest at least £5,000 – and wait for a decade to get your money back – the eventual savings could be considerable.
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