Solar for Alston Schools!

We've been busy since hitting our installer target and the solar is now installed! We raised enough for a 27kw solar install in the end - enough to save about 150 tonnes of carbon, and give the school £70,000 of benefits over the next 20 years! Whilst the system is in and running, we've still got a little bit left to do - our installer, Love Solar is taking a little more time to arrange a really great in-school display for the reception area which both shows the savings in-school as well as makes it easy to provide the data for older kids to explore as part of their lessons. We've also got to arrange a plaque to properly acknowledge all your contributions, as well as those from our other funders - including Alston Moor Parish Council, Alston Moor Business Association, Alston Moor Partnership, Pennine Ways, Cumbria Action for Sustainability, and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

To celebrate, we ran a stall last weekend at our local Duck Race in Alston, organised by the Parent Teacher Association. We handed out free cake to people, and talked to them about the solar install, the benefits it's bringing to the community. We still have a boat-load of monitoring reports to do, but it's a pleasure to be sharing the news with people about the difference we've made, thanks to you!