Will Dwyfor-Jones from Wiltshire Farm Foods and Joel Tetlow from Solarlec
A Burnley frozen meal company has installed 40 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on to the roof of its premises in a move to cut its energy bills and become more environmentally friendly.
Wiltshire Farm Foods, which distributes frozen meals to elderly customers across the UK, has to run its refrigeration units 24-hours a day and now hopes to use the energy produced by its solar panels to power the fridges during daylight hours.
Installed by Lancashire company Solarlec, the solar system is expected to save the Wiltshire Farm Foods more than £31,631 in electricity bills and generate an estimated £52,911 in cash back (from feed-in-tariffs) over the next 25 years.
Will Dwyfor-Jones from Wiltshire Farm Foods said: "I've always had a strong interest in greener issues and particularly renewable energy but it was never a financially viable option until the feed-in tariff was introduced and the panels themselves came down in price.
"Dealing with Solarlec has been a completely painless and stress-free experience, I'd recommend them to other companies considering solar, especially if electricity bills are such a huge outgoing for them too.”
For more information on solar installations, visit Solarlec’s website.
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