{"id":342522,"date":"2025-08-14T00:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342522\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T00:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:39:13","slug":"the-sun-king-charless-new-mini-solar-farm-now-provides-all-power-to-sandringham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342522\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun King: Charles&#8217;s new mini solar farm now provides ALL power to Sandringham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-403\/rebecca-english.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:26 EDT, 13 August 2025   |  Updated:  18:52 EDT, 13 August 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the latest heatwave is not being welcomed by everyone, there are some benefits \u2013 as the King has discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The eco-conscious monarch\u2019s new solar farm in Norfolk is fully powering his Sandringham Estate, as well as a small amount <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13300499\/Eco-warrior-King-Charles-lodges-plans-huge-2-000-panel-solar-farm-Norfolk-generate-electricity-Sandringham-estate.html\" rel=\"noopener\">left over feeding the National Grid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The monarch started building the 2,000-panel facility on a former horse-grazing paddock behind the royal residence last October. It has now been connected up to the main house and its estate, so the King can make the most of the sunny weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 2.3-hectare solar farm is providing a combined total of 2.1MW of zero carbon energy to Sandringham House, the Visitor Centre and the Sawmill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It has an \u2018operational lifespan of 40 years\u2019, after which the field will eventually be returned to horse grazing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tall trees means the panels are mostly hidden from view for the estate\u2019s 500,000 annual visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The panels are made from toughened glass and mounted on a steel framework. The King is determined to introduce as many renewable energy schemes to the royal landholding as possible.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f30591f1f33c6393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101201247-14998339-image-a-21_1755123774603.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The eco-conscious monarch\u00bfs new solar farm in Norfolk is fully powering his Sandringham Estate\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The eco-conscious monarch\u2019s new solar farm in Norfolk is fully powering his Sandringham Estate<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f83aab2a869b1956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101201225-14998339-image-a-20_1755123650955.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured: The completed solar farm (top right) on the Sandringham Estate earlier this year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured: The completed solar farm (top right) on the Sandringham Estate earlier this year<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        The Sun King: Charles&#8217;s new mini solar farm now provides ALL power to Sandringham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR Published: 18:26 EDT, 13 August 2025 | Updated: 18:52 EDT, 13 August 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,92,1760,12,7710,519],"class_list":{"0":"post-342522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115024335155795866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}