Eco-friendly King Charles installs smart meter to keep his energy bills down
ECO-friendly King Charles has installed a smart meter to keep his energy bills down.
The new gadget was pictured for the first time on a mantelpiece at Balmoral when he was seen with Linda Dessau, the Governor of Victoria, Australia, on Wednesday.
The UK could face blackouts this winter in an energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The National Grid has warned that regions could be without power for three hours a day — but customers can get back £10 a day refund if they have a smart meter.
PM Liz Truss has reportedly vetoed a public information campaign to get Brits to cut their energy consumption.
Charles, 73, installed solar panels at Clarence House, London, last year.
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He also has a woodchip biomass heating system at his Scottish home, Birkhall near Balmoral.
Two water tanks under his garden catch rain running off the roof and a 22,000-litre reservoir is used to water plants.
Balmoral Castle gets some power from a hydroelectric turbine and has permission to build an additional two- megawatt generator on the nearby River Muick.
The turbine would generate up to £650,000 of green power a year to make the property entirely self-sufficient.
