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We've just had this stunning image back from a customer in North Yorkshire.  Their new house is an amazing use of materials and angles to create an incredibly beautiful and interesting modern…

Our factory roof now has 70kWp of solar PV on the roof, making works self-sufficient in electrical power for much of the year.   Surplus power exported then offsets most of the…

Congratulations to Edward Williams Architects, who have been awarded the Eco Living Award at the Evening Standard House and Property Awards for their project in Stratford, East London.

PV Slate will again be exhibiting at Futurebuild. Please do come and visit us and let us know more about your projects. Our team will be on hand to answer any questions.

York Minster installs solar slates in historic first.  The first time that solar slates have been installed on a listed building in the city.

PV Slate has a new stand at the National Self Build Centrre in Swindon.

We are now fitting x338 of our largest solar PV Slates to Barnes Methodist Church in west London, discretely generating 12kW of solar power on this wonderful listed building. 

GB-Sol's PV Slates are the "solar tiles" featured in Geoff Wood's amazing cantilevered house in Essex on Grand Designs - first shown in 13th October 2021.

Project Etopia chose GB-Sol's class leading architectural solar options of edge-to-edge solar PV Slates and the Infinity solar roof, to power its carbon positive show home.

Empty Home Grants are available throughout the Valleys taskforce area to provide grants of up to £25,000 to complete renovations, with £5000 of this reserved exclusively for renewable energy measures such as…

PV Slate is now available edge-to-edge. It is now almost impossible to distinguish GB-Sol's PV Slates from natural slates, as the system has been extended to be able to cover the whole…

Today marks the start of the Fully Charged Live show in Silverstone and we are very excited to be exhibiting there.

GB-Sol installs another striking edge to edge Roof Integrated System (RIS) roof, turning a new garage’s roof into a powerful solar generator.

GB-Sol designed a unique full roof integrated system for Arnold Gilpin and Associates. Using custom sized PV laminates to fit the roof dimensions, the whole of the South elevation was covered in…

GB-Sol produced a new roof for an industrial unit. Composing of 84 PV laminates, the fully integrated system provided the perfect roofing material, offsetting roofing costs with the savings on electricity bills.

GB-Sol is working within Government guidelines to minimise the effect of Covid-19, but we remain open to service the needs of our customers.  

Just to the east of Neath town centre lies Gnoll Estate Country Park, 230 acres of woodland and open space that is an important site for locals and visitors alike.

Back in February, GB-Sol provided free PV Slate installation training to pupils from a local youth club. This was for a project they'd designed - a digital bench to provide shelter to…

This week, GB-Sol had a special visit from pupils at Hawthorn High School. Working with Newydd Housing Association, they are designing a digital bench at a Pontypridd Church. It will provide a…

This week, GB-Sol succeeded in manufacturing the largest module in its 20 year solar manufacturing history.

We are pleased to reveal the latest pictures from one of our PV Slate installations in Bognor Regis.

We are proud to expand our PV Slate product range to now include three size options. 

Bespoke Solar PV panels designed and manufactured by GB-Sol have won the Solar Power Portal ‘Best in Show’ Solar Design Award along with installer Evo Energy.

The Technical Team at GB-Sol are always thinking about energy but not always solar! Andrew and Bryn have taken to pedal power for their 20mile round trips to our Treforest factory, both…

GB-Sol Ltd are delighted to announce that the PV Slate has been awarded MCS accreditation, meaning new PV Slate installations can receive Feed in Tariffs.

GB-Sol is proud to be supporting California Polytechnic State University’s (Cal Poly) attempt at breaking a world speed record.

This week the BBC have been celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the UK’s longest running children’s TV show ‘Blue Peter’.

Our solar PV panels and roof integrated system (RIS) were featured on BBC’s X-Ray on Monday this week.

GB-Sol recently completed the manufacture of 25 custom-made solar PV modules for the prestigious Blackfriars development in Central London.

Last night one of GB-Sol’s most ambitious projects was showcased on Channel 4’s Grand Designs.