Nissan's electric ecosystem aids production of charity music track

Professional Surfer and emerging Singer and Songwriter Alan Stokes has released a charity song in aid of the U.K. marine conservation group Surfers Against Sewage.

The track, titled Howl at the Moon, was recorded in April 2019 at Black Bay Studio in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The loch-side studio, housed within a former shellfish processing shed in a remote corner of the Isle of Lewis, features an innovative energy system that enables the generation, storage and management of renewable power.

A Nissan xStorage energy storage unit, consisting of second-life Leaf batteries, is paired with a solar panel array on the studio's roof. Combined with an energy management system, the studio is able to capture and convert energy from the sun into electricity, store it in the xStorage unit, and then run the recording equipment from it, even when the sun has gone down.

Neil Halstead, a keen Surfer and musical Front Man of Slowdive, accompanied Alan on the trip to record the track whilst exploring the Outer Hebrides' remote surfing spots in the all electric Nissan Leaf.

A video of their trip documenting their experience of the remote location, their enjoyment of their zero-emission transport, and their song-writing process is available here.