Including 8 closely related terms such as photovoltaic, photovoltaic, and panel.
… 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…
… increases the global temperature. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report 2018 states that the temperature has already risen by 1°C. It advises that the greater the temperature rise, the greater the impacts of climate change will be to human health, water supply and biodiversity. It recommends rapid reductions in carbon emissions now with the aim to limit global warming to 1.5°C…
… at the end of September 2020, should help to improve the energy efciency of existing homes. It will provide homeowners vouchers to cover 2 of the cost of works including insulation of walls, foors and roofs, installation of low carbon heating including heat pumps and solar hot water measures up to £5,000. Homeowners in receipt of certain benefts can receive a voucher for all of the costs of the works…
… producers joining the market. Some householders and businesses may prefer to use a battery system to store excess power to use later. At the end of 2018 there were over 2000 sites in the borough generating renewable energy. The majority were photovoltaic systems and there were 3 wind powered systems, 3 anaerobic digestion installations and 2 micro combined heat and power installations. Maidstone…
… 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…