Houldsworth said the company, which has been installing solar panels for 16 years, had seen similar surges in interest in the past.
“We have been busy since the Ukraine war,” he said.
“That had a big impact similar to this, and also Covid when energy bills shot up – that had a fairly dramatic effect, but this is on another level now.”
Gavin Andrews of Leeds Solar reported a similar rise in interest, with a 50% increase in inquiries since the start of the Iran war.
He said this was “double the number of inquiries for the same period last year”.
Chris Simpson is one of the homeowners who has been spurred on to install solar panels.
“All of these geopolitical events are well outside of what I can control,” he said.
“But I can control what my house does so by being able to generate some energy myself, I’m less reliant on instability across the world.”
He had been planning to get panels for his house in Great Ouseburn next year, but the war made him act sooner.
