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King Charles makes major change to Sandringham country estate which could save him some serious money
The King already has solar panels on the roof of Windsor Castle
GREEN-MINDED King Charles has built a solar farm so sunbeams power his 150-room country pile.
Our exclusive picture shows 2,000 solar panels in rows on a former horse grazing paddock at Sandringham.
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They occupy 2.3 hectares and will create enough energy to heat and light the main house and buildings on the Norfolk estate.
Any surplus will be returned to the National Grid.
The King already has solar panels on the roof of Windsor Castle where he has turned down the heating as he strives to make the Royal Household net zero by 2030.
He has put in a smart meter at Balmoral, his cars are electric and two royal fleet Bentleys are being converted to run on biofuel.
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The source said: “The King has talked of fighting climate change for decades.
“He practices what he preaches and does all he can.”
The Sandringham solar panel planning application to King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council pointed out that they were “well screened” by existing vegetation.
They are expected to last 40 years when they will be removed and the field returned to grazing.
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