It would be wrong to overwork the metaphor of the Church of England turning to that most pagan of symbols, the sun, rather than prayer, for salvation. It’s a neat solution nevertheless, solving the perennial problem of paying to heat a large, cavernous and extremely old building with solar power. The successful scheme to… Continue reading
Posts tagged Westcott
WW2 bomber runway evolves into solar power plant
In the blink of an eye (well, compared to the time most building projects take) a business park in Buckinghamshire, UK, has switched on the sun. An array of 1500 solar panels took just two months to install and was switched on this month (June, 2011) to meet 9% of the energy needs of the… Continue reading →