Xerogrid

in 2008 xerogrid director ian emberton bought a rural property in spain for a second base for his motorcycle racing business. spain is the motorcycle racing capital of the world. it was a large property , but with out any connection to utilities such as gas , water, phone line and electricity. gas , could come in bottles, water can be delivered , or collected from the rain,…. phone ? we have mobiles , but electricity , at that time was from a dirty diesel generator. we all think everyone can get electricity in the developed world, and in most cases this is true, but at a cost in rural areas ,and in this rural area, both cost and planning was a 30,000 euro head ache . ian developed his own “ off grid “ solar powered system using batteries and “inverters “ imported from outback power in the usa . soon , his sytem was the envy of many of the locals who asked him to supply the same. back in the uk , ian found similar issues : a farmer in yorks new build project was thwarted by a £68,00