Local energy solutions company Mainline Energy swooped the first award for ‘Best Community Installation’ in the first ever ‘Solar Power Portal Awards’ that was held alongside the Solar Energy UK 2013 conference at the Hilton NEC, in Birmingham.

More information: www.mainline-energy.co.uk

Mainline Energy, were established in 1982, and are one of the first providers in the UK to offer products from renewable energy sources, have built a stable and quality reputation in Solar, Thermal, Biomass and Air sources to both domestic and commercial customers nationwide.
In total there was just 11 award categories up for grabs, judged by a panel of industry experts and leaders from the solar and renewable energy sectors and the wider business world. The judges used pre-set criteria.

The Mainline team, who were already content to join in the superb atmosphere and meet with other industry professionals, were even more ecstatic to be announced as winners for the Community Award, taking the room by surprise by demonstrating their excitement with cheers from the Mainline table!

Judges commented “The Melbourne Parish Church of St.Michael represented a fantastic project. From access challenges, protecting precious artifacts to engaging a specialist stonemason and corralling various stakeholders in to agreeing a project ‎ that was, on many levels very, very complicated, the effort and engagement from the whole team at Mainline Energy demonstrated throughout this installation proved a winning combination, and will hopefully open the floodgates for similar projects in community buildings of this nature.”

Famous actor, comedian and writer, Robert Llewelyn did a fabulous job of hosting the event providing good humor and surprising insights into his own fondness for renewable energy, having installed solar panels on his own property!

Further information: Competitors ‘Green’ with Envy as Local Firm Wins National Energy Award – visit http://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/editors_blog/solar_power_portal_awards_the_winners_3387