Brief details of the founding partners of PV NorthEast and links to further information are presented below.   
    
The secretariat for PV NorthEast is provided by One NorthEast, the Regional Development Agency covering North East England.
Contact: Innovation & Business Development Team, One North East, Stella House,
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY.
Tel: +44 (0)191 229 6200
Fax: +44 (0) 191 229 6201
Email: suzanne.murray@onenortheast.co.uk
Website: http://www.onenortheast.co.uk

Arup are internationally renowned consulting engineers. The firm has been responsible for the design of many of the world’s most advanced buildings and their Newcastle office provides expertise in the design of building integrated PV.
Contact: Andrew Wilkinson
Website: http://www.arup.com

The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) is a Centre of Excellence set up by One NorthEast as part of the Strategy for Success programme. NaREC will build on and exploit the Region’s new and renewable energy assets and knowledge base and is a partnership between industry and academia. NaREC is currently establishing a PV Technology Centre to complement their activities in wind and marine technologies.
Contact: Dr. Tim Bruton 
Website: http://www.narec.co.uk

Centre of Excellence for Nano & Micro Photonic Systems (CENAMPS) is a Centres of Excellence, set up through One NorthEast's Strategy for Success.  Cenamps is leading the build and management of the PETeC facilities at NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham. The PETeC project is a purpose built state of the art development and prototyping centre dedicated to the exploitation of functional materials using advanced manufacturing processes to achieve very high volume and low cost solutions in the field of Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) and Solid State Lighting (SSL).
Contact: Andy Bateman
Website: http://www.cenamps.com/

Northumbria Photovoltaics Applications Centre (NPAC) is located within the School of Engineering and Technology at Northumbria University. Established in 1984, it provides an expert research and consultancy service in PV. The Centre has a wide portfolio of projects ranging from solar cell development, testing and characterisation to performance monitoring, analysis and environmental assessment. NPAC has been involved with building integrated PV projects for over 10 years, including several of the installations within the region.
Contact: Prof. Nicola Pearsall
Website: http://soe.unn.ac.uk

Romag is a leading UK manufacturer of specialist transparent composites. The Company offers a unique range of functional and aesthetic products including PV solar panels for building integrated applications.
Contact: Kevin Webster
Website: http://www.romag.co.uk

TNEI Services Ltd provides consultancy covering all project phases from strategy to installation within the new and renewable energy sector. The company can provide a turnkey project management service and has been involved in several projects to demonstrate the use of photovoltaics. TNEI has particular expertise in the planning issues surrounding the renewables sector.
Contact: Matthew Lumsden 
Website: http://www.tnei.org.uk

Winsund International Ltd. design, supply & install a range of solar PV systems and combined wind & solar energy systems for domestic homes, commercial buildings & industrial applications. Winsund are a FULLY ACCREDITED installer under the Solar PV MDP Grant Scheme for both grid-connect & off grid solar PV systems & for wind energy systems under the Clear Skies Initiative. With their base in Co. Durham Winsund are the North East leading local supplier & installer of such systems.
Contact: Mike Seeley
Website: http://www.winsund.com

Durham University is the leading academic research institution in the North East. We are especially active in researching the next generation of thin film solar cell materials and devices, and are presently fundholder of the national EPSRC Supergen Initiative programme "PV-21". This work is coupled with renewables research on wind and wave power and social factors in the Durham Centre for Renewable Energy.
Contact: Prof Ken Durose | http://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?mode=staff&id=534
Website: http://www.durham.ac.uk/renewable.energy  

Solar BIPV, is a PV consultancy company founded by Ray Noble.  The company has provided expert services to a number of clients including Romag, Sharp, BPSolar, FIrst Solar Group and Lafarge. 
Contact: Ray Noble

 
The North East Assembly represents the North East at regional, national and European level.
Website: http://www.northeastassembly.gov.uk

Association of North East Councils (ANEC) represents the local councils within the region.
Website: http://www.northeastcouncils.gov.uk

Cleaner Air Solutions is a company, based in County Durham, that specialises in photovoltaics.  Cleaner Air Solutions have been actively working with various organisations across the UK to encourage the uptake of renewable energy technologies; they provide energy efficiency consultancy services, site surveys and recommendation through to system design, specification installation and commissioning.  The company is amongst the first three in the UK to successfully complete assessment under the new BRE UK Microgeneration Certification scheme and they are also one of only a handful of companies in the UK to be OFGEM approved for dealing in ROC's (Renewable Obligation Certificates) and CCL's (Climate Charge Levy Exemption Certificates).

Contact: Terry Skee
Website: www.cleanerairsolutions.co.uk