Category Archives: Case Studies

Xerogrid installs solar solutions for clients across the UK, Europe and Eastern Africa

£40,000 solar energy savings for a thrilled Yorkshire farmer

   Yorkshire-based beef farmer David Brown approached us after having been quoted £68,000 to have his farm buildings, office and new build house connected to the national electricity grid.    This isn’t in some rural back water in the Outer Hebrides, this location is just eight miles from the centre of York, and half a […]

Gloria’s Drinks Factory | 63kW Solar System w/ Storage | Ghana

With Ghana experiencing an erratic power supply and regular blackouts known as “Dumsor”, a successful Ghanaian business woman reached out to a UK Outback specialist to help take the power into her community’s own hands. Gloria Rego, who generously supports schools, churches, and community projects in the area, set out to find a solution to […]

Cornish Farm | 6kW Solar and Wind System | United Kingdom

Having a remote farm in Cornwall sounds idyllic, but with a £50,000 fee to connect to the grid, generators used to be the only option for electricity supply until Off Grid / Stand Alone Systems became a more reliable and convenient option. We’ve installed an Outback FlexPower2 6kw inverter charger system, with two 80Amp Outback […]

Montana Adventures | 6kW Off-Grid/Stand Alone System | Spain

With property and land prices being such good value for money ,Rural Spain has always been an attraction to many Northern Europeans , looking for a simpler , cheaper and sunnier lifestyle. However, this ideal looking lifestyle has some practical drawbacks; Services such as electricity, gas, water and internet are either impossibly complicated to connect […]

Catalan Adventure | 3kW Off-Grid complete solar System | Spain

Nick and Debbie recently took the plunge to live the dream and moved from the UK to Spain. Taking full advantage of low property prices in rural Catalonia, they bought two remote Spanish fincas with acres of land with olive groves and open space. It’s a common situation in Spain where electricity supply is just […]

The Northwood Fairy Trail | 11.4kW Containerised Off-Grid System |

This is a simple headline Christian Van Outersterp Already ran a successful luxury camping business in a forest near York, England. His next plan was to create a fairy trail around the nearby forest, where kids could roam in an exciting, electronics-free and safe environment, with a fairy museum/grotto in a cabin, complete with restaurant […]

A neighbour from Sotillo – 16 Solar Panels

Please share this great news. No more electricity scams! The electricity company was demanding him to fix the 92 electrical connections in the town, with a cost of 30000 Euros, 25500 British Pounds approximately; to provide his electricity connection. Today we can be very happy with the victory this small consumer has archived against one […]

See the Solar Powered camping shop at Glastonbury

Unfortunately, were too busy installing systems to go to Glasto but you will see a rather unique solar powered camping shop built into a container. For most trade stands at festivals there’s a fee for electrical hook up …. And a ban on using your own generator, so we were asked to power a hydraulically expanding modified shipping […]