… (electricity) • Reducing demand for fuel in buildings and transport (e.g. insulating existing buildings and reducing the number of journeys travelled) • Switching from fossil fuel heating to electric forms such as heat pumps • Switching to zero emission vehicles • Emission offsetting investments such as solar Photovoltaic (PV) farms or sequestration through planting new woodland Wealden…
… to identify the most appropriate and cost-effective opportunities, but these could include: • Investing in off-site renewable electricity generation such as solar PV farms • Carbon sequestration through land management, woodland creation, and tree planting Wealden District Council Projections Emissions form the Council’s own operations for the year 2018/19 and the projected cumulative impacts…
… electricity generation such as solar PV farms • Carbon sequestration through land management, woodland creation, and tree planting. For context, as a rough estimate, offsetting the Council’s remaining 2018/19 CO2e emissions (after all other measures are applied) would require conversion of around 170 hectares (1.7 square kilometres) of low-grade agricultural land to sustainably managed woodland.3…
…. In order to offset any remaining CO2e emissions, the Council will need to explore additional measures, such as promoting carbon sequestration through sustainable woodland management or investing in large-scale renewable energy generation. It is important to note, however, that carbon offsetting is not enough to achieve the net zero target on its own – success relies on maximising demand reduction…