Welcome to Solar4Schools

This site has been designed to help primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities apply for half price solar energy systems by providing advice for solar PV projects under the government's Low Carbon Buildings Programme.

Please read through the background information and encourage your Head Teacher (or other authorised decision maker) to fill in the registration form; the funding is available immediately.

This site is brought to you by Solarcentury and Scottish and Southern Energy and will be updated to include more information about solar energy, some teaching resources and details of schools which receive solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. Please check back here soon for the latest updates.

Latest Schools

St Nicholas Primary School
Carrickfergus, Co Antrim
Builth Wells High School
Builth Wells, Powys
Lord Grey School
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Latest News

We Support Solar

We Support Solar aims to highlight the value of solar PV in the UK and ensure our Government sets an appropriate rate for the UK solar Feed in Tariff which will maximise the uptake of this valuable renewable energy source.

Solar revolution for Milan Schools : Thanks to Solarcentury

14/11/08
24 schools will have solar energy within 9 months. Founder of UK initiative Solar4Schools wins tender to equip 24 schools in Italy’s Milan province with 480 KW systems as region drives solar in education.

60 more UK schools to get free solar power - could yours be one?

27th August 2008.

Together with the Co-op, we are offering 60 schools the chance to have free solar power.

100th School receives solar

As the 100th school in our joint venture with the Cooperative Group receives its solar panels, the retail group has challenged big business and the Government to help fit every school in the UK with a green energy source by 2020.

Switched-on Schools Lights up NEMEX Awards

Switched on Schools, a initiative to fit electricity generating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to schools in Northern Ireland, has won the NEMEX Renewables Innovation Awards.