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Following the exciting news of the Feed In Tariff there has been uncertainty as to the eligibility of projects that have received the LCBP Phase2 grant...
Today the Government suddenly announced that the £2,500 Low Carbon Building Programme Phase 1 grants for domestic customers would finish at 5pm. We got this news at 4pm and immediately tried to contact all of our customers to let them know that they had one hour to apply online for the LCBP grant if they hadn't already done so...
Today Ed Miliband announced the final tariff levels for the Feed In Tariff, commencing in April 2010.These are higher than proposed in last year's consultation and look to revolutionise the solar industry, offering excellent rates of return for householders installing solar PV on their homes...
Back in 2005 we were the first company in Cornwall to be accredited as a solar PV installer and today we're proud to carry on our company traditions of independent advice on all types of renewable energy and the highest quality installations with excellent customer service...
We have launched a new tool to help you. The Feed In Tariff calculator gives an accurate estimate of the savings/income from the proposed Feed In Tariff, based on your system size and anticipated usage...
People who install on-site micro generation, such as solar PV, invariably become much more energy conscious and try to reduce their consumption in order to maximise the gains from their generator...
The chancellor confirmed in today’s Pre-Budget Report that households who use renewable technology to generate electricity mainly for their own use will not be subject to income tax on feed-in tariffs...
Unfortunately due to unprecedented demand the Low Carbon Building Programme Phase 2 grant scheme for public sector PV projects has now closed to further applications...
This week is Energy Saving Week - Go to the Energy Saving Trust’s website for more details on how you can get involved!Energy Saving Week - now in its thirteenth year - is designed to promote energy saving action among householders through a concentrated programme of events across the UK, via a range of partner organisations and the Energy Saving Trust's network of regional advice centres...
Lobby Government to commit to solar powerLobby government to commit to solar power by increasing the 'Clean energy cashback' payment - visit the We Support Solar campaign...
Plug Into The Sun featured as a case study in an article in the Time Online called "How to give your home an inexpensive eco-makeover". The article explains how home-owners wishing to reduce their carbon footprint do not need to buy new-build...
Great news from the Government yesterday as Ed Miliband announced an ambitious roadmap for the UK to cut greenhouse emissions.Of particular interest for Solar Photovoltaics is the setting of the Feed In Tariff level...
Plug Into The Sun have just completed a ground mounted 2.1kW PV system on the Roseland Peninsula for Sunday Telegraph journalist Claire Alderson. This forms an integral part of an eco house build, which she is documenting in her diary in the Sunday Telegraph...
Jerry Clark from Green Building Press commissioned an installation from Plug Into The Sun for an article in the Spring 2009 edition of the Green Building Magazine...
Plug Into The Sun were Finalists for Best Company in the 2009 British Renewable Energy Awards The British R E Awards are annual awards for outstanding achievement hosted by the Renewable Energy Association...
Plug Into The Sun at Royal Cornwall Show 2009We had a really great time at the Royal Cornwall Show on the 4th, 5th and 6th June, the sun shone and there was a real buzz about solar power and its future...
It's Not Easy Being Green, BBC2, 7th January 8pmOn January 7th 2009 Plug Into The Sun featured in the BBC documentary, 'It's not easy being green'...
Falmouth's older residents ‘Plug Into The Sun' Distribution: Falmouth Packet / possibly other Cornish media Residents of the Carrick Housing run Chy Nampara sheltered housing scheme will be warming up with solar energy this winter thanks to an installation of Photovoltaic (PV) panels...
New website holds the key to free renewable energy this winterDistribution: Local Cornish and Devon media Electricity generated from the sun could be free this winter by logging into West Cornwall's solar energy installers Plug Into The Sun's new online resource about funding for community groups and individuals...
"I want my school powered by the sun"School campaign to be launched soonPlug Into The Sun will be launching a campaign aimed at getting solar PV installed in schools across the South West...
HOW'S THAT!FIRST CRICKET CLUB IN CORNWALL TO BE POWERED BY THE SUNDistribution: Western Morning News St Just Cricket Club, near Penzance in Cornwall maybe the last cricket club in the county but is the first to install Photo Voltaic (PV) solar panels, which cater for all the club's energy needs...
Cornish renewable energy company shows real flare for solar Distribution: Local Cornish media West Cornwall's Plug Into The Sun, the county's first solar PV (photovoltaic) installer, is shining even more brightly following a great run to the finals of the British Renewable Energy Awards 2008...
