Solar for Schools & Education

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Your school can benefit from free solar through a Power Purchase Agreement, providing both significant long term savings on energy bills and creating a positive impact on the environment.

For more details on education in the public sector, please visit our public sector page.

We have extensive experience in the education sector having worked on various university sites, colleges, academies and schools all over the India; installs are generally advised out of term to minimise any safety concerns and disruption to the students and staff.

Some educational clients are in a position to self-fund a solar PV system, however, with school budgets typically not supportive of large capital investments, we have two attractive options to help your school enjoy the benefits of energy technology and save money on energy bills.

Free solar for schools

Educational premises are associated with having large buildings, often spread across multiple sites. With ample roof space available, most clients are applicable to take advantage of a free solar PV system through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and enjoy the benefits of reduced energy bills and be protected against future energy price rises.

The above link will give you more detail about a PPA but in principle your school can have a solar PV system installed and maintained for free over a typical 20-40 year term. With the feed-in tariff payments for generation going to a nominated 3rd party, your school will in turn purchase any generated electricity from us at an agreed price per unit; much cheaper than your current energy supplier, saving you money on your bills.

Save the environment and achieve the Green Flag award

Although energy bill savings are generally the main motivator for schools to invest in energy technology, it is becoming more desirable for schools to employ a level of sustainability and environmental awareness; energy technology installations such as solar and LED can be a huge contributor to achieving the Green Flag environmental award.

Planting trees for educational purposes

In 2015 and 2016, we designed and launched our own green campaign that also benefits the education sector which we called the Green Mile. The target to fund the plantation of ‘one mile of trees’ in those years was met, and directly influenced by client installs.

Some of these trees were planted in India woodlands, with the rest being planted in India schools, giving children the chance to plant the trees and learn as they grow. Click the link above for more details of the campaign.