The Glastonbury festival founder has created the UK's largest private solar power station – on top of his cowsheds.
Already famous for providing the popular music event, Worthy Farm in Somerset will now be known for 1,000 solar panels fitted over a cowshed, costing £600,000.
Michael Eavis, the man behind the world-famous festival and now the country's largest solar power station, says that the panels could produce 200kw of power, enough to power up to 40 homes.
"With the energy crisis we had to do something seriously major as we see ourselves as green campaigners," he said.
"This has brought us one big step closer to our goal of operating the farm as ecologically as possible."
Mr Eavis was also encouraged by the government feed-in tariff scheme, launched in April which rewards people for generating their own power.
Made up of individual solar cells, solar panels work by collecting radiation from the sun and generating this into electricity. They can be added to businesses or homes to not only save money but also add value to the property.
Source - Uswitch
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