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SunGift are thrilled to be among the few installers in the UK who are Tesla Powerpack certified companies. But what is the Tesla Powerpack? And what does it mean to be a Powerpack certified company?   What…

Are you a landlord who lets property? If so, then you may be affected by upcoming legislation changes. As of April 1st 2018, the new law will prevent landlords from renting their property without an…

Fred has worked in the renewable energy industry for 8 years.  Before starting at SunGift he was involved in a wide range of commercial and domestic projects. His wealth of experience in energy efficiency makes him…

You’ve probably heard the term (and we’ve mentioned it in previous newsletters), but what does it mean? Leaps forward in energy storage, coupled with increasingly efficient and cheap renewable sources, is changing the way we…

Stephens Scown LLP is an award-winning firm of solicitors with a 4 story office in Southernhay, Exeter. They were very interested in making the business greener and saving some money, so they contacted SunGift looking…

Helen is our Operations and Maintenance Manager, having joined the team at SunGift in September last year. Helen helps both our existing customers and new customers with system upgrades, new monitoring technologies, and maintenance and remedial…

SunGift is proud to announce that we are even more ‘award winning’ than before, with two new titles to add to our growing collection. In November 2017 we were given the MADE IN DEVON AWARD and…

Pecorama is a model railway factory - and tourist attraction - which stands proudly above the village of Beer, in Devon, and overlooks the sea. ‘PECO’ have produced world famous model railway products, keeping model…

On average, to purchase electricity from the grid in this country costs somewhere between 10 and 16 pence a unit (kWh). This varies a bit according to the tariff you’re on and whether the energy’s…

In the largest ever survey of views on renewable energy, the UK came out overwhelmingly united in their opinions on the future of green energy. The Ørsted Green Energy Barometer surveyed over 26,000 people across…

Last year SunGift hosted a renewable energy event to show those in a variety of industries how the latest battery storage technologies can help future-proof their businesses. With representatives from global leader Tesla on hand,…

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Whilst electricity is heavily used at System Six due to their numerous and sizeable production machines, lighting also played a large part of their electricity bill due to the fact that the lights were on…

After having installed a substantial PV system at Advanced Pallet Systems in Bideford, the management were intrigued when Sungift introduced the idea of replacing/upgrading all lighting within the business to LED. We conducted a full survey…

Documents leaked recently revealed that the Government has provided billions of pounds in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry on the quiet. Click here for the Independent’s coverage of this. Meanwhile, renewable energy subsidies have…

People often ask us about energy self-sufficiency. Just how hard is it to get to that point where you no longer have to pay a large corporation each time you turn on the kettle? This will…

There are a range of batteries available on the market and it’s vital to choose a battery that suits you. We’re often asked about the different types of batteries available and unfortunately we do come across…

We’ve been really concerned to receive a number of calls from worried customers who’ve been told that their solar system is dangerous and must be serviced or that they can get more Feed-in Tariff payments…

Lots of you will have come across Ollie in the course of his 4 years with SunGift. Ollie designs solar PV and battery systems for our customers. He estimates that he’s designed around 3000 systems during…

We mentioned in our last newsletter that the Carbon Trust is offering grants of up of to £10,000 for systems installed by accredited installers like SunGift. We’ve had a huge amount of interest in the grant…