What it might look like if every roof had solar panels installed

Ever wondered what the skyline would look like if every house had solar panels installed on its roof?

The Guardian ran a picture story earlier in the week regarding a massive domestic solar installation on 600 homes in Nottingham.

The large picture, accompanying the story illustrates perfectly just what the skyline would look like - click here.

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Trainee electricians get free training on solar installations

Nottingham City Council reports how a group of trainee electricians took part in some free training which will benefit them when it comes to working on solar installations.

The training centred around working at heights and manual handling.

It's part of a joint project between the City Council and E.On and Nottingham City Homes, which is hoping to install solar panels on 600 homes in the Aspley area of the city.

Carried out at E.On's building services academy, the 10 trainees will have the knowledge to install and maintain panels.

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Nottingham bids to become greenest city

Nottingham, just down the road from us and more famous for Raleigh Bikes and men in green tights is bidding to become the greenest city in the UK with a green energy revolution, reports the Nottingham Evening Post.

The idea is to attract large scale investment, cutting residents fuel bills whilst creating 'hundreds of jobs">

As well as plans to use the cities roofs to install photovoltaic solar panels on, a new Energy Park will be created, powered by food scraps and garden refuse.

Leftover ash will even be recycled by being used for road aggregate.

Read more by clicking here.

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