Cricket club signs contract for energy-saving solar panel project 

A renewable energy project that could save thousands of pounds over a 25-year period is due to start shortly, after contracts were signed by Raven Renewables and Dorking Cricket Club. 

The facility, located at Pixham Lane Sports Ground, contacted the renewables specialist with the aim of reducing both its carbon footprint and its energy costs.

Raven Renewables’ team of experts will be fitting solar panels and battery storage units to the building towards the end of January. 

The energy-efficiency measures, which are being funded through the England & Wales Cricket Board, will generate around 1,645kWh of electricity each year, potentially saving the club hundreds of pounds annually on its electricity bills.

Raven Renewables’ Business Development Manager, Mark Gardiner, said: “We’re looking forward to working with Dorking Cricket Club to install these measures which will bring financial benefits as well as enabling it to significantly reduce its carbon emissions, resulting in positive environmental outcomes. The club is a vital resource for local residents but, as with many sports facilities, it is struggling to keep up with increasing energy prices and the rising cost-of-living. This project will help to future-proof the facility so that it can continue to provide a community hub for many years to come.” 

Grahame Cox, Treasurer of the Pixham Sports Ground Association, added: “Raven Renewables has been great to work with. Mark Gardiner quickly provided a professional, well explained, and competitive quote which we were pleased to accept. Since then, the team has waited patiently while we got the necessary permissions, and we are looking forward to an installation in the very near future.”