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SunWorks are pleased to announce the appointment of their latest Non-Executive Director, Thomas Noel.

Tom commented, “It’s a great privilege to join SunWorks as a NED and I wanted to thank the management team for the trust they have placed in me. I very much look forward to supporting SunWorks through this growth phase and am very happy to be supporting a company with such an important role to play in delivering the island’s own Carbon Neutral Roadmap.”

SunWorks is a Jersey based alternative energy provider who design, install and maintain Solar Photovoltaic (PV), they also specialise in battery storage and EV charging equipment. SunWorks have a clear vision to grow Jersey’s on-island electricity generation and have installed the largest sites in the Channel Islands for large companies like, Jersey Electricity, JT, Andium and the CI Cooperative Society.

SunWorks Managing Director, Mark Brandon said, “Tom’s appointment comes at a time of continued expansion and his experience will be a great asset as we continue with SunWorks’ mission of ‘enabling Jersey’s renewable energy future’. Tom has key insights into sustainability policies and corporate ESGs that enable us to be always leading from the front with sustainability issues, for us it is more than just installing solar panels, but a way of doing business” 

SunWorks partnered up with Acorn Enterprises last year, helping them towards their mission to become a sustainable social enterprise. Acorn are already pioneers with their reuse and upcycling facilities, not to mention investing in the community by providing work and training opportunities for people who have a disability or long-term health condition.

SunWorks have assisted Acorn reduce their environmental footprint by installing Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on their café building in December 2021. For the first six months of 2022, 48% of the facility’s total energy consumed came from solar, and it’s worth noting that the solar was powered up in the winter.

We predict that Acorn are on course to generate more than 55% of their total electricity consumption by the end of the year, which is incredible for a business with such a heavy demand for power. This includes the café, charity store, plant nursery, Woodshack and outbuildings.

Of the solar electricity generated, 28% is exported back to Jersey Electricity for redistribution to nearby properties. This means that they have saved approximately 9,200 kilograms of CO2 emissions since December.

Acorn’s General Manager, Steve Pearce said, “We are delighted with the results from our solar panels and we are considering installing more. We are particularly grateful to the Roy Overland Charitable Trust for funding, and recognising the potential of these solar panels, which help us towards being carbon neutral.”

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We’ve been busy here at SunWorks with a huge opportunity to support Andium Homes, Jerseys largest provider of affordable housing, responsible for housing over 10,000 Islanders.

We will be rolling out Solar PV systems to several apartment blocks under Andium’s management. These systems will help offset the communal areas energy usage and in addition, feed renewable energy to EV charging stations on sites that have them installed. Any unused energy is sold back to Jersey Electricity.

The latest part of this project we’ve completed is at Andium Court which consists of 24 Trina Vertex 400w Solar Panels, 9.6kW which generates 9,700 per annum – small changes make big differences!