Soltrac was founded in 2006 by Hugh Synge (right), who had spent over 30 years in the environmental movement. In the 1980s, Hugh created and co-managed the IUCN/World Wildlife Fund Joint Plants Conservation Programme, a multi-million dollar initiative to rescue endangered plants worldwide, and to provide the long-term institutional support this needed. In 2007 the magazine BBC Wildlife named him as one of the 20 "top conservationists" in the UK.

"I first installed solar panels on my home in Kingston in 1993, and was delighted with the results. Ever since, I have wanted to make this kind of heating better understood and more accessible to people, with a system that is both efficient and affordable. Soltrac, for me, is the realization of that dream, and I believe it comes at just the right time. More and more people want to do something positive about global warming, if only they can afford to. Now, they can."

In 2007 Soltrac gained Approved Installer status for solar thermal systems under the rigorous Microgeneration Certification Scheme. It is now in the final stages of extending that photovoltaic systems.

Since it began Soltrac has installed over 120 solar water heating systems, all of which to our knowledge are still going strong.

In July 2008, Soltrac merged with Sarum Solar, a solar cooperative based in Salisbury. Benji Goehl, a German solar engineer who had built up Sarum Solar, initially from the Salisbury Solar Club, joined the Soltrac team. (Left), on the day of the agreement, Benji (right) shakes on the deal with Soltrac's then Marketing Manager, Nick Radford.

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