Including 7 closely related terms such as renewable energy, renewable, and renewable energy generation.
… Trajectory for Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Wokingham Borough Wokingham Borough’s emissions have been steadily decreasing since 2012. This is partly due to: • Central Government targets to increase the renewable energy infrastructure resulting in a higher proportion of renewable energy feeding into the electricity supply • Technological advances leading to greater energy efficiency • Improved…
… activities, strategically targeted at the highest emitting areas will be needed to achieve the ambitious targets that the council has set itself. This includes interventions led by the council (e.g. retrofitting domestic properties and renewable energy generation projects) but also changes expected to take place on a national level (e.g. decarbonisation of the national electricity grid). To become net…
… 4,058 tCO2e per annum from Gas. This total carbon footprint (11,156 tCO2e) accounts for 1.45% of the total Borough’s footprint. The council aims to continue to reduce these emissions by improving energy efficiency and increasing renewable energy generation to become a net zero carbon organisation by 2030. Section 2. Challenges Wokingham Borough is an affluent, semi-rural area with a wide…
… carbon dioxide emissions. • The council is able to use its own land holdings and assets to increase the contribution of renewable energy to the grid electricity supply through the creation of solar farms and the installation of solar panels on buildings where possible. The adoption of renewable energy generation and storage projects can provide greater energy security, lower our energy bills…
… to improve the current energy usage of its own corporate properties, and together with the planned renewable energy generation infrastructure aim to become net zero carbon by 2030. 3. Generate more Renewable Energy in the Borough The council plans to develop five largescale solar PV farms throughout the Borough over the next five years, to ensure that all of our corporate property sites…