A renewable energy specialist in Shropshire has completed a £1.5 million project for one of Wales’s most famous tourist destinations. ESP Energy, based in Shrewsbury. was employed to install the biomass heating system at Portmeirion, near Porthmadog in north Wales. Architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed and created the Italian-style village between 1925 and 1976, and it became particularly famous as The Village in 1960s television drama The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan. The bespoke energy system will provide heating and hot water for 28 properties at the site, including the distinctive villas Castell Deudraeth and the Portmeirion Hotel. ESP Energy managing director, Mike Collison, said: “We were delighted to win this tender for such a prestigious location and recently commissioned the system, both on time and to budget. “We have installed over 3.5 kilometres of sunken pipework around the unique setting with minimum disruption, together with building a dedicated Energy Centre to house the system itself on the edge of the village, and this will provide energy for the next two decades and beyond.” Portmeirion’s managing director, Robin Llywelyn, added: “Portmeirion village will benefit greatly from using a more efficient system, saving money on energy, earning through the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme and lowering their carbon footprint, thereby future proofing the beautiful village for many years to come. “In the words of architect Clough Williams-Ellis, we should ‘cherish the past, adorn the present and construct for the future’ and that is certainly what we have done with this project.” Read our case study for this project here!