"11 by 11"; this was the aim of Baildon Friends of the Earth: they aimed to encourage 11 Baildon homes to install photovoltaic (PV) panels by 2011.

By February 2011 this had already been achieved.

Eleven Baildon homes with PV receive over 50% of their electricity free from the sun, and typically make an extra income of £900 per year by generating their own electricity from the roofs. They are saving about 11 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for Baildon, thus reducing global warming.

Baildon Parish Council supported this initiative to reduce CO2 emissions. If you want to know more and receive a leaflet about how to do this yourself, just email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Since this news item was first published, we now know that there have been 16 installations in Baildon by May 2011.