Solar PV experts Sundog expand staff numbers by 70%
Soaring demand for Sundog’s solar PV products and services fuels company’s rapid growth
Sundog Energy has appointed 16 new staff in the last 2 months, with a further 6 due to start in November 2011. The company’s growth is in response to the soaring demand for its solar PV products, systems and services. While the new posts are all based at Sundog’s Cumbria headquarters, the company is expanding its capacity in the Borders and South Lakes areas and also confirmed the opening of two new regional operations - one in the South West and one in the North East.
Established in 1995, Sundog Energy has grown steadily to become the region’s most experienced and successful solar PV company and one of the few independent operators of its size in the UK. Sundog has installed many hundreds of solar PV systems all over the UK, in the private, commercial and public sectors, with recent projects ranging from small domestic systems to multiple new build housing projects and some of the largest commercial and public sector projects in the country.
According to founder and Chairman Martin Cotterell, “ The success of Sundog over the past few years is nothing short of phenominal! We’ve seen major growth across all sectors – from domestic installations on Cumbrian homes to farm systems and large commercial buildings, and also in our wholesale operations. Our success is testimony to the uncompromising quality of the projects we deliver and the service we provide. This is, and always will be, the ethos of Sundog Energy and is something we take very seriously when selecting new staff.”
About Sundog Energy
• Sundog Energy designs and installs solar PV systems for households as well as commercial and public sector bodies. Sundog Energy installs to the highest technical standards, as recognised in the company’s successful bid to design and install the ground-breaking solar PV system on the glazed roof of Kings Cross Station. Sundog was awarded the Renewable Energy Association’s Developer of the Year award for this project in 2010. Sundog also recently installed the PV system on Bradford Cathedral, the world‘s first solar powered cathedral. Sundog is also a distributor, supplying high quality solar PV panels, inverters, components and installation kits to independent solar installers throughout the UK.
About Martin Cotterell
• Martin Cotterell, pioneer of solar power in the UK and founder of Sundog Energy in 1995, is one of the country’s most respected solar energy experts and has been instrumental in establishing and improving industry standards for PV installations in the UK and internationally. Martin is the major author of the UK Guide to the installation of PV systems and he worked on the development of engineering recommendations that govern grid-connection of PV in the UK. Martin sits on the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) PV and roofing technical committees. He also represents the UK on the IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee) working group on PV installations standards, which he also convenes.
