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Solarcentury at the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, at Earls Court.

From Tuesday 2nd to Thursday 4th March, Solarcentury will give visitors the first ever chance to see a live model city with hands-on solar power solutions, in the ‘Solar Hub’ at Ecobuild.

British cyclists return from 13,000 mile cycle ride to new rewards for making solar electricity.

A pair of campaigning cyclists today returned to London having completed a 13,000 mile, nine month circumnavigation of the globe. British environmental campaigners Susie Wheeldon and Jamie Vining, otherwise known as the ‘Solar Cycle Diary’ team’, are celebrating the success of their trip in helping to raise awareness of the important role of solar power as part of the world’s energy future.

Solarcentury has entered into a business partnering agreement with Enviromena Power Systems, the leading developer of solar projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is anticipated the agreement between the two leading photovoltaic downstream energy companies will successfully add value to both companies combining Enviromena’s well established reputation and on ground experience in the Middle East with Solarcentury’s extensive product design experience and international standing.

As the UK is warned of 60% energy price increases over the coming years, one lucky household may escape rising household bills. Solarcentury has teamed up with the 10:10 campaign to offer a solar photovoltaic system to generate clean, inflation proof electricity at home.

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.

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.

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!

We're please to announce that from August until April of 2010, homeowners can take advantage of two overlapping Government incentives encouraging people to generate their own electricity. Households that install a solar PV system in this window period will be able to access a grant of up to £2,500 and also benefit from £1,000 a year when the “clean energy cash back” scheme, announced in the recent consultation paper, is launched.

The brief was to take a photograph that conveys the beauty and potential of light in the UK.

From a landscape with a cloudy sunrise, or light glistening on window, to a setting sun reflected in a water droplet, any subject, anywhere was suitable...

The competition received over 500 entries in this, its first year.

Winners:

1st: Jonathan Littlejohn 'The Dawn Commute'

Clean, silent, renewable and climate-friendly solar power is the holy grail of energy. And there’s no shortage of daylight out there: enough falls on the surface of the planet each day to power human society many thousands of times over. Yet there are still many myths about solar – especially the ideas that it’s prohibitively expensive, impractical for countries with cloudy skies, and will always require fossil-fuel stations on standby.