I am currently looking into ground source heating for my home with the heat pump being power by solar generation. Through this I am also looking at running my house on solar electric. It is an expensive initial outlay (£15-20k which is why I am also researching grants) but if I get it up and running
I will never again have to pay a gas or electricity bill as well as adding a substantial amount to the value of my property.
In terms of the electrical generation there are 2 options. You either install batteries and sell the excess back to the national grid or you can be a supplier and sell everything you generate to the grid and but buy back your electric at a reduced rate to save the need for storage. Either way, much as I dont usually agree with CC, I think that this is a brilliant idea to not only gain some good publicity for the club by being the first(?) league club to do this but I
think that the savings for the club would probably be substantial and they may even qualify for funding in this current climate (no pun intended). I also think that ground source heating would be well worth looking into for them.[/quote]
....and that for me is the obvious benefit. OK it will probably take 10 years to pay for the installation over and above the more traditional method but after that a life time of free power! If funds had allowed, now would have been the time to invest.
What cudos for the club in being the first league club to go down this route of energy conservation.