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Essex County Council

… Initiative Description Financial commitment Align ECC strategic aims Buying Renewable Energy Using our purchasing power as an electricity customer to encourage investment in additional renewable energy generation, such as solar farms or onshore wind, and enable ECC to source green renewable energy to power its offices and street lighting. This will give ECC some protection against energy price…

… better tracking of energy usage across the schools’ estate. To date, 125 maintained schools have a meter fitted: a further 47 are in train. By the end of 2021/22 we will have installed solar panels that will generate over ½ million kWh of energy - saving our schools £77,000 a year in energy costs. These high specification solar installations enable schools to track their energy usage…

… hybrid workstyles reducing energy usage and waste more comfortable workspaces prioritising staff health, safety and wellbeing 6 The Ways of Working programme is being undertaken in parallel with a property review. The final outcomes will frame future work in line with policy to make ECC estate net zero by 2030. 3.2. The Essex Pension Fund The Essex Pension Fund administered…

… is working in partnership with Kent County Council. SE New Energy Grant: £6.4m shared across Essex and Kent. Renewables policy Action plans and planning policy guidance to support the development of renewable energy generation in the county including but not limited to solar farms, onshore wind, bioenergy, and hydrogen production. Solar Together Solar Together is a unique group-buying scheme…

… Recommended £3.0m 2022/23- 2025/26. 28 Initiative Description Financial commitment Align ECC strategic aims Highways LED Complete replacement of all street lighting lanterns with LED units, which will result in a significant energy saving, and therefore carbon reduction. We are currently one year into the programme with 50,000 units replaced out of a lighting stock of 130,000 units. The programme…