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Blaby District Council

… uptake. Ongoing (by Oct 2020) 6.2.6 Explore potential for joining Solar Together – a scheme for helping residents to install solar panels on their property. This must be in collaboration with other local authorities. Make contact with neighbouring authorities. Ongoing (complete by Oct 2020 if support is received) 6.2.7 Promote LEAP (Local Energy Advice Partnership) on our website which…

… can achieve net zero emissions by balancing carbon emissions with carbon removal (often through carbon offsetting) or simply eliminating carbon emissions altogether from those activities that release it such as transportation, energy production, agriculture, and industrial processes. Renewable energy sources such as wind, water and solar are said to be carbon neutral whereas fossil fuels…

… with an ever greater proportion of our energy coming from renewable sources such as wind and solar. However due to the limited grid capacity 19 to both store and transfer electrical energy at a national level we will need to take steps to significantly expand renewable sources of energy at a local level and build capacity to store that energy within the district. This will require significant…

… investment in new and existing low carbon energy generating technologies. As of 2018, Blaby had 1345 Solar PV installations generating 10409 mWh of electricity21. If we are to succeed we must significantly increase our local renewable energy generation, with a particular focus on small-medium scale Solar PV (Photovoltaic) installations combined with energy storage. We will aim to participate…

… and lead on innovative solutions to energy generation and look to have a range of sources in place including energy from solar, waste, wind and ground source heat. Action Timescale Council wide 6.3.1 Establish the Council’s carbon footprint and continue to monitor our green house gas emissions. Produce an annual Green House Gas Emissions Inventory. Complete(18/19) Ongoing (19/20) 6.3.2…