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Day in the life: Schola Wangui, Administration and Accounts Manager for East Africa
In the latest of our Day in the Life series, we chat to Administration and Accounts Manager, Schola Wangui, to find out what’s special about life at Solarcentury’s Kenya office. What do you do in a nutshell? My role entails two main aspects – taking care of the Kenyan accounts and taking care of the […]
Day in the life: Bernice Awodele – Office Manager at Solarcentury
In the latest of our “nice to meet you” series featuring Solarcentury people, Bernice Awodele discusses working as an Office Manager at Solarcentury HQ. Describe your job in a couple of sentences. As an office manager at Solarcentury, my job is completely different every single day. I deal with travel, phone calls, enquiries, admin support […]
20 years with Solarcentury: Q&A with founder, Jeremy Leggett
This year marks Solarcentury’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone, we chat to founder Jeremy Leggett. Solarcentury turns 20 this month. As the company founder, how does that make you feel? Proud, grateful, and lucky. It is an absolute rarity for a solar company to still be alive, let alone relatively healthy, after 20 years […]
Day in the life: Andrew Crossland – Energy Storage Specialist at Solarcentury
In the latest of our “nice to meet you” series, Andrew Crossland talks about his exciting role as an Energy Storage Specialist at Solarcentury. Describe your job in a couple of sentences. I am the middle man between engineering, sales, finance, marketing, operations and commissioning. My role is to support all of the Solarcentury […]
Day in the life: Marcus Spedding – O&M Service Manager at Solarcentury
In the latest of our “nice to meet you” series featuring Solarcentury people, Marcus Spedding discusses working as an Operations and Maintenance Service Manager for Solarcentury. What does the O&M team do? Operations and maintenance ensures the smooth running of all operations on the solar site following commissioning. We are responsible for planning and monitoring […]
Day in the life: Jose Miguel Ferrer – Managing Director of Solarcentury in Iberia
Jose Miguel Ferrer tells us about his exciting role as Managing Director Iberia Region. Is there a typical day in your role? So far, I haven’t had a typical day in my new role. Since we opened our new Spanish office in Valencia, I’ve been travelling almost every week. Our priority has been to deliver […]
One step forwards, two steps back? The strange case of Tory solar policy
Seb Berry, Solarcentury’s Director of Corporate Communications and Vice-Chair of the Solar Trade Association, reflects on a decade of highs and lows in Conservative solar policy. Despite the negative policy changes implemented since 2015, he urges the government to think again about excluding cheap and popular solar from the CfD auction process. Seb also highlights […]
Day in the life: Ajantha Malwatta – Residential Lead Developer at Solarcentury
In the third of our “Nice to meet you” series featuring Solarcentury people, Ajantha Malwatta discusses working as the Residential Lead Developer at Solarcentury. Q: What does the software development team do? Shopping online is now commonplace; holidays, groceries, cars, phones, clothes can all be purchased by a mouse click. Provided the back-end technology is […]