Rushcliffe Solar: University of Nottingham

Rushcliffe Solar

Rushcliffe Solar started as a Transition West Bridgford campaign to encourage greater use of Photovoltaic home power generation systems in Rushcliffe borough, but we are always willing to answer an enquiry from other towns in the region. There are many buildings and entire streets with roofs which have a good view of the Sun and could produce power for the Grid and Income for the occupants. Hit the You Enquire tab to get a free appraisal of the photovoltaic potential for your building. Email: RushcliffeSolar@gmail.com

Thursday, June 24, 2010

PV Costing Seminar at EvoEnergy

24 June: Some of the Rushcliffe Solar team went for a 2 hour seminar with EvoEnergy today, working up a formula for providing safe but independent budget estimates of installations. The idea is to be able to give people an idea of payback before they get into the more complicated business of seeking three tenders from suppliers etc.
Income would be based on the amount of PV installed, where it is on the building, and the Feed in Tariff. Cost is affected by currency, volume manufacturing, scaffolding, building shape etc, but we managed to agree with EE a 'ballpark' figure for varying sizes of installation, up to a maximum of 4kW installed. Payback is a ratio of cost to income.
In the photo: Yu Wei Luo (UoN), Tim Saunders (EST), Chris Brookes (EE) and David Nicholson-Cole (UoN)

Meet the Team!

Rushcliffe Solar is a growth from the West Bridgford Transition group and was first dreamt up by David Nicholson-Cole as an ambitious idea for the group to pursue. The idea was supported by Karina Wells (West Bridgford Transition group) and Hugh McClintock (Pedals cycling campaign) of West Bridgford. In Rushcliffe, our partners are Sheila Hood and Paul Philips of the Sustainability group of Rushcliffe Borough Council.

RBC are the principal funders of the first two months of the campaign.

The Energy Saving Trust will take a key role in Rushcliffe Solar, with continuing support, and we have a growing list of Solar Installers, prepared to contribute subscriptions.

David Nicholson-Cole works at the Dept of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, and has a teaching/research interest in Eco-construction and Eco-HighRise design.

Email for all enquiries: RushcliffeSolar@gmail.com

Telephone for enquiries: 07970-059525

Please ask for free advice on how to transform your roof. Email us with your house number and postal code - and any other relevant information, such as distance from adjoining large trees, or recent changes since Googlemaps photographed the building.

This site is for research interest and campaigning purpose and has Nothing to sell - there are no vested interests. However, we welcome Solar PV installers to email Rushcliffe Solar to discuss the campaign.

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