Glastonbury Festival plans to further enhance its green credentials this year with a range of environmental improvements.

Organisers have made a £500,000 investment that will go towards providing a second water reservoir, the installation of 1,100 energy-saving solar panels and localising the festival’s sewage disposal.

The solar panels could become an eye-catching element of Glastonbury’s changing aesthetic because over 1,500 sq m of the photovoltaic cells will be installed.

When fitted to the barn roofs at Worthy Farm, the festival organisers say they will amount to the UK’s largest private solar electricity system, generating enough power to supply 40 homes.

Everyone attending the festival this year will benefit from improved water pressure, as an extra reservoir has been constructed to ensure sufficient water capacity to supply the whole site - which can be around 170,000 people.

The festival’s founder, Michael Eavis, said: "It's a very exciting project for us. We first had renewable energy at the festival in 1979 and we've been trying to increase it ever since. We want the festival, and the farm, to be as green as they can be. "