A MILLION-pound contract to install one of the UK's largest solar power projects to date has been won by a fledgling Worcestershire-based provider of renewable energy solutions.
Going Solar, of Neen Sollars, near Newnham Bridge, fought off fierce competition to clinch the deal to fit about 2,200 photovoltaic panels on to a series of warehouse roofs in Ipswich, Suffolk, which will span 1.1 acres.
The installation, set to start next month and due to be completed in early March, is designed to generate up to 500kW, enough power to supply more than 100 homes. Company directors Charles Houston and Andy Perkins made the best impression during the competitive tender process organised by a London-based renewable energy developer.
Going Solar has recently completed a host of projects around the UK including a solar thermal panel installation for heating an indoor swimming pool at Abberley Hall School, near Worcester, which is expected to reduce energy bills by about £10,000 a year.
