London’s solar street: How two artists crowdfunded renewable energy for their neighbours
Sick of eye-watering energy bills and keen to combat climate change, two London artists have made it their mission to bring solar power to their street.
The couple have raised money for the project in eye-catching ways, including spending three cold winter weeks sleeping on the roof of their house.
The stunt helped them crowdfund £113,000 (€132,000), which they are now using to install solar panels on dozens of houses in north London.
“If you can create an offer where you actually are saying: ‘Look, let’s just bypass a broken political system and let’s do something directly ourselves together,’ that’s quite an attractive offer to make to people,” says Dan Edelstyn. Together with Hilary Powell, he spent a year convincing neighbours to join the project.
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