Solarcentury near doubles solar PV installer jobs
Solarcentury today reports a near doubling of employees in its solar PV installer network since the turn of the year. The 11 company network, which covers Wales and all regions of England is made up of some of the longest established and most experienced PV companies in the UK. Solarcentury itself has also witnessed sustained jobs growth in the six month period since Government confirmed the details of the new Feed-in tariff scheme in February 2010.
Jeremy Leggett represents UK clean tech industry on PM’s trip to India
Solarcentury Founder and Chairman joins David Cameron’s Indian trade delegationJeremy Leggett, Chairman of Solarcentury, will tomorrow join the Prime Minister, five members of the Cabinet, two ministers of state and 29 FTSE chief executives travelling to India. The trip aims to forge trade links with India, whose economy is growing at three times the speed of the UK. The delegation is the strongest sent from Britain in modern times.
GE and Solarcentury to get UK schools generating £68,000 from solar power
• GE Capital to finance school solar purchase and installation.• Government’s Feed-in tariff to generate income for school’s loan repayments and more for 25 years.
