Milestones

1984

Established

1986

Introduced the first Wind & Solar stage lighting and PA system to Glastonbury Festival - still a feature to this day.

1987

Constructed off-grid workshop and office in Watlington, Oxfordshire powered by own wind turbine and PV modules.
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1993

UK distributors & Service Centre for Trace inverters.

1993

UK distributors for BP Solar.

1994

UK's first domestic grid-connected PV system - The Autonomous House.
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1995

UK’s first PV roof tile installation - Homerton Grove Adventure Playground.
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1996

UK’s first Sunny Boy installation - West Wales Eco Centre – leads to development of G77 & G83.
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1996

UK distributors for SMA.

1997

Moved to Humber Marsh Nature Reserve in Herefordshire.
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1998

UK’s first domestic grid connected wind turbine. Development of ‘Windy Boy’ in conjunction with SMA - Park Lane College and Heeley City Farm
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2001

UK distributors for NRG wind monitoring equipment

2002

Installed PV systems on six Eco homes as part of UK DTI's Solar PV Domestic Field Trial
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2003

UK’s first Sunny Island installation.
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2004

UK distributors for OutBack inverters.

2005

New eco office buildings constructed.

2006

Flatholm Island design and installation of a renewable energy system combining both PV arrays and a wind turbine, to power this historical island with SSSI status

2007

Isle of Foula design and installation of the battery/inverter system and PV array on Britain’s most remote inhabited island
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2008

Isle of Eigg connected to the grid for first time with one of the country’s greenest power schemes. A 1.5 million pound solar wind and hydro generating station. Wind & Sun designed and installed the battery inverter and PV systems
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2009

Installed SMA Sunny Backup system for CAT (Centre of Alternative Technology), Machynlleth.
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2010

Installed battery inverter system on the Isle of Rum, Scotland.
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2010

UK distributors for REC
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2011

Selected by Birmingham City Council as key framework supplier of PV system components

2012

Supplied SMA inverters and REC modules to Birmingham, Warwick, Bromsgrove and Redditch, Warwickshire and Anglesey councils.

2012

Achieved ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditation for “Renewable Energy Distribution and Installation"

2013

Installed PV & wind battery/inverter system to bring 24hr power to the Isle of Muck Scotland.
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2013

Announced winner of Solar Power Portal Award for "The best integration of solar generation as part of a total energy solution".

2014

Celebrated 30 years in business.

2014

Introduced the Wind & Sun Solar Car Port.

2014

Purchased new showroom, training & warehouse premises at Upper Hill, Leominster to consolidate operations.
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2016

Moved into new premises.
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2017

Established the annual Wind & Sun Exhibition and Conference.

2018

Installed PV & wind battery/inverter system to bring 24hr power to Fair Isle and the Isle of Canna Scotland
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2019

Celebrated 35 years in business.

2019

Announced as the winner of The Alan Clark Award For Local/Community Energy at Solar & Storage Live for our work on the Fair Isle and Isle of Canna Community Electrification Schemes.