Suffolk green energy company sees 800 inquiries in a week

A renewable energy company says it has had more than 800 inquiries in seven days due to the increasing price of heating oil.

Josh Young, 31, chief executive at Greenscape Energy based in Ipswich, said he was dealing with a mass of inquiries for things such as solar panels and air source heat pumps.

It comes as prices for heating oil, as well as petrol and diesel, have increased due to the US-Israel war with Iran in the Middle East.

“It’s gone crazy in the last week,” Young said.

“We’ve had over 800 inquiries in seven days; trying to deal with them is really tough at the moment, but we’ve had worse things to manage,” he said.

“A normal month is around 250 to 300 inquiries, so to have nearly 700 in seven days is just off the charts, but it’s very similar to the Ukraine scenario when Russia invaded.

“It’s the same amount of volume coming through.”

Josh Young