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Friday, 24 February 2012

no light, no light


No, not Florence + The Machine ..but the installation of solar panels in Sherards Croft at Thriplow.

The south cambs council deal with Savills means that even tho' the government pulled the rug on feed-in-tariffs before Christmas, 250 of our council houses will still get solar panels and start to get the benefits of low-carbon energy.

But maybe one house won't, because when the surveyors did the initial assessment, the neighbour's tree cut out the light over the roof. The neighbours cut the tree down, and they want to make sure their good neighbour gets his solar panel. But the paperwork now needs to catch up, so we are chasing the Communities and Local Government Department to see if this can be done, otherwise cutting the tree down will have been in vain.

Will one solar panel in Thriplow make a difference - dunno - but its good to see people getting behind sustainable energy and looking out for their neighbours.

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