he Surrey team have participated in some of our most innovative. Ground breaking projects. It’s not just the technology in question but the structure of the organisations we have worked with to bring renewable energy to customers across the county.

One perfect example of this is over in Guildford and Godalming where a community funded solar energy project saw us install solar panels on schools across the Wey Valley. This was a community owned co-operative that ticked all the boxes for us: Saving the schools money on their energy bills, lowering carbon emissions and providing the pupils with a visible, accessible example of how technology can help shape our future. As you can imagine, it’s one the team were particularly proud of.

Another hugely rewarding project was the Thamesway Solar Panel / Battery microgrid. As with so many of our projects the installation part of the process was only the tip of the iceberg. The project saw us work closely with a company owned by Woking Borough Council to develop a bespoke, integrated solution to create a microgrid across a housing estate in Woking. It involved an innovative system of energy storage based on a financial model for acquiring the electricity in the most efficient way possible. The learnings we gained here has been absorbed across the company and is being rolled out in projects all over the country.