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SOLAR - global renewable energy firm to install solar systems at a further 50 UK schools
Underlining its commitment to sustainability within UK schools, global renewable energy company CBD Energy Limited (‘CBD’), is set to launch a new tranche of Energy Bonds in the weeks ahead. Having completed a successful raise - in excess of £7.5m - with its last Bond, the Company partnered with ‘Power Your Future’ ( www.poweryourfuture.co.uk ), a schools’ sustainability programme, and began construction on a series of solar installations, helping participating schools to generate their own solar energy, and in turn reduce their overheads. Projects have either been completed or are in the process of installation at 22 schools, all over the country, and aided by funding from the new Bond, CBD plans to install solar systems at a further 50 schools over the next six months.
Once completed, the entire portfolio will generate more than 3,300,000 MWh of renewable electricity per annum, and will prevent the emission of no less than 1,720 tonnes of CO2 each and every year. The savings for all the schools involved will be circa £100,000 over the course of the first year, and in excess of £2.3m over the 20 year lifetime of the installations combined.
As CBD Chairman and Managing Director, Gerry McGowan explains, “Partnering with schools and aiding their solar development was always a big priority for us, and the next Bond will help us to help even more schools. The savings generated will free up budget and enable schools to invest more heavily in educational resources, paying for a further 83 teachers (based on average salaries) or as many as 156,000 extra books.
“At the same time - and in keeping with our Company’s commitment to educate students about the importance of renewable energy - each school participating in the Power Your Future Programme will also be provided with educational materials and access to the systems’ ‘smart meter’, allowing them to track the output and carbon savings produced by their solar installation, and encouraging a lasting change in the attitudes of the next generation towards renewable energy. Altering the way our society both thinks about, and relates to, the environment is very important to us.”
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The Power Your Future Programme involves no capital outlay on the part of the schools, and the systems are both maintained and insured by CBD - the schools benefiting from the green power generated on site at a heavily discounted rate. To date more than 100 schools have been installed through the Programme and are currently benefitting from cheaper, green energy.
About CBD Energy Limited (OTC: CBDNF)
Established in 1989, CBD Energy Limited is a diversified renewable energy company and a global leader in solar installations. Powered by a management team with deep experience in the energy sector and strong engineering capabilities, CBD is focused on the integration of residential solar, commercial and industrial solar, small utility scale solar and wind projects, in three principal markets - Australia, the US and UK.
Headquartered in Sydney, with principal regional offices in London and New York, CBD has completed projects across four continents, in countries as far-reaching as Australia, Fiji, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the UK and the US. CBD has installed more than 17,000 residential systems and developed large renewable energy projects such as the 107MW wind farm in Taralga, NSW. CBD markets its residential and commercial solar installations under the name Westinghouse Solar, using the WESTINGHOUSE® trademark pursuant to an exclusive, long-term worldwide license.
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