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Mayflower Academy to get solar roof

A school in Plymouth is one of the latest community buildings in the city to be getting a new solar roof.

Mayflower Academy in Ham Drive is having the solar panels installed following a recent ‘community share offer’ which enabled local people to buy shares in green energy projects in the city.

The community share offer was launched earlier in the year by PEC Renewables. PEC...

Council to award £500,000 of solar energy business

The decision to award 14 new contracts to provide solar PV installations has been announced by Plymouth City Council.

The projects form the next phase of its multi-million pound energy saving programme.

Work totalling £527,000 will provide savings on civic energy bills and boost the city’s economy; with contractors committing to increase Plymouth’s ‘green’ skills base through...