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Essex County Council

… for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and battery storage. This scheme will make solar PV and batteries more accessible and more affordable for a great number of people. This is open to residents and SMEs. Solar Together delivered solar panels on 305 households: a £1.3m investment saving 7,150 tonnes of carbon over the lifetime of the installations. Residents saved an average of 20% on market rates…

… recommended that ‘Essex produces enough renewable energy within the county to meet its own needs by 2040’, with the Commission seeing a critical role in this for large- scale solar production but ‘on available land without unduly compromising agricultural land’; that there should be a network of community energy neighbourhoods across every district; solar panels to be installed on every roof; and all…

… fuel poor homes should be retrofitted. ECC is committed to playing its part, sourcing its own electricity from renewable sources; supporting the establishment of new community energy groups; helping 670 residents source solar panels and battery storage through a bulk scheme Solar Together; and supporting roll out of Government fuel poor grants, seeing 82 homes upgraded in the last year…

… and supporting the uptake of future grant funds totalling £5.2m (plus £17.2m and £2.58m following successful bids to Sustainable Warmth Competition and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund). ECC is committed to: sourcing its own electricity from renewable sources helping 670 residents source solar panels through a bulk scheme supporting roll out of Government fuel poor grants 13…

… 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…