REI Mar-Apr 2012 - Renewable Energy Installer

SOLAR PV
What: First
community-based
renewable energy
project at an NHS
site
How: Using solar
PV panels installed
by Eco2Solar
Result: Over 8,000
kWh a year of
renewable energy
produced for
Stratford upon Avon
Hospital
Hot development: The National Trust embrace
modern technology.
Photo courtesy of National Trust
Worcestershire-based solar panel installer
Eco2Solar has installed the first phase of a solar
power array at Stratford upon Avon Hospital.
The innovative scheme has been
put together by local energy co-operative
Community Energy Warwickshire and South
Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, which
runs Stratford and Warwick Hospitals.
The project will see a total of 60 kilowatts
of solar power installed at Warwick Hospital.
Community Energy Warwickshire, which
was set up by Warwickshire residents to
invest in renewable energy and help local
communities save energy, has already raised
over £100,000 of its target of £120,000 to fund
the installations.
Paul Hutchens, managing director of
Eco2Solar, said: “We were delighted to help
Community Energy Warwickshire achieve its
target of completing the Stratford installation
before the government’s December 12 deadline
for reductions in Feed-in Tariffs. Eco2Solar deals
with a number of community organisations
who are working together to ensure renewable
energy plays a larger role in their local area.”
Keith Sinfield, the chair of Community
Energy Warwickshire, added: “Eco2Solar
worked hard and efficiently to help us get the
New concept: The team behind Stratford Hospital’s
solar power initiative
Stratford installation completed on time. We are
delighted our innovative partnership with South
Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is already
generating renewable energy and look forward
to working with the Trust on energy saving
initiatives.”
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