Care homes cared for by solar

Eastgate Care teamed up with Geo Green Power to reduce their energy bills and take advantage of the valuable feed-in-tariff payments thus ensuring continued high standards of care without reneging on a fair price. Our dedicated team at Geo Green Power installed three 15kW systems, one 18kW system, and a 30kW system in five of Eastgate’s purpose-built residential care houses.

Care homes traditionally have a high electricity usage throughout the day which ties in perfectly with a solar photovoltaic system. The way to achieve the best return on investment from a solar PV system is by using as much of the generated power as possible. On average, if you can utilise the majority of power on site, a solar scheme can achieve an ROI of at least 15%.

The finished installations have allowed Eastgate Care Homes to generate over 80,000kWhs of electricity a year, reducing their carbon footprint by over 35 tonnes, the equivalent of taking 7 cars off the road annually. They are also estimated to make a saving of almost £10,000 in electricity every year.