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Maidstone Borough Council

… renewable energy across the borough. As a nation, we need to decarbonise energy generation and change from fossil fuels to renewable electricity for transport and in buildings. There are many opportunities to generate solar energy on new and existing buildings and wind or solar energy on land. Generating renewable energy at home reduces the amount of energy bought, and so fuel bills and fuel…

… poverty. Renewable energy installations would generate employment for suitably trained local people. The Feed In Tarif is closed to new applicants and has been replaced by the Smart Export Guarantee, which pays for electricity exported back to the grid. Energy generation on buildings, or land, generates useful income and it is anticipated that the energy market will change with many smaller…

… Borough Council are working with Kent County Council to promote the Solar Together Scheme to help residents and small businesses beneft from a collective buying programme and will bring forward other opportunities as they arise. We will: Use the Local Plan to support renewable energy generation in new developments Support residents, businesses and third sector to install renewable energy…

… generation by providing information and promoting grants and savings schemes Encourage and support community energy projects. 16 Theme 4 - Reducing Waste and Energy Used in Processing. Our aim for waste reduction and processing: To reduce the amount of domestic waste created, increase the proportion re-used, recycled and composted to at least 60% by 2030 and reduce…

… Theme 7 - Making Our Estate Carbon Neutral Our aim for our estate: We will reduce emissions from our estate to as close to carbon neutral as possible by 2030 Maidstone Borough Council owns and leases buildings and land and runs a feet of vehicles to carry out its functions. We have already taken some measures to reduce carbon emissions including • Generating renewable energy using solar…