Solarcentury helps Brent Housing Partnership open first green estate
As you may know, the Government has proposed a new “clean energy cash back” scheme which, when introduced, will guarantee a set price for every unit of green electricity generated for 25 years. If all housing association properties had a solar photovoltaic (PV) system, which can generate 2,100 units of electricity a year, they could earn an income of around £20 thousand per home over 25 years and pass on thousands of pounds of electricity savings to tenants - many of whom are suffering from fuel poverty.
Faced with a shortfall of £260 million due to the Government’s recent decision to cut social housing rent in 2010, housing providers are taking advantage of the financial benefits that investing in solar power brings. As well as a much needed income boost for the organisations, solar power helps low-income families cope with...
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We're very pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year at the Charity Times Awards 2009 for our partnership with SolarAid. The judging panel described the partnership as one of excellence and one ‘whose mutual benefits were obvious'.
Basically, it's because we love Solar Aid!
This is a huge honour, not least because of the high calibre of the fellow nominees. The other short listed projects were: Action against Hunger / Carluccio’s, British Forces Foundation / British Airways and CAN and Panasonic Europe.
Our Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Jeremy Leggett, saw a great need for the use of solar energy as a means of poverty alleviation and carbon reduction worldwide. In 2005 we donated 5% of our profits, amounting to £35,000, to found SolarAid. Solarcentury pledged to donate the same percentage of future profits. It is thanks to Jeremy Leggett’s vision that SolarAid is here. And since then, SolarAid’s partnership with...
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Solarcentury has been named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™.
The Global Cleantech 100 is the first ever list highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. Supported by the Carbon Trust, the Global Cleantech 100 recognises companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. We're chuffed to be included!
The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of an expert panel of 35, drawn from well-respected organisations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN...
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