Milestones
1986
Introduced the first Wind & Solar stage lighting and PA system to Glastonbury Festival - still a feature to this day.
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1987
Constructed off-grid workshop and office in Watlington, Oxfordshire powered by own wind turbine and PV modules.
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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.
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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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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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"
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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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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.