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West Sussex County Council

… Finance, with technical support from Atkins, to deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in the public sector. To date we have commissioned £1.3m of works through this scheme. Renewables We have two operational solar farms and have installed solar panels on 80 corporate buildings and schools. In addition, 49 schools across the county have funded their own solar installations…

… will inevitably take place when renewable sources cannot be guaranteed (during the evening, or on cloudy days). Batteries can help us maximise the use of energy that we generate ourselves, and save money by reducing the amount of energy we have to buy from the grid. With the added option of selling excess energy back to the National Grid, combing solar panel installations with battery storage also has…

… has solar panels on a County Council owned and used building, energy is directly taken and used from this renewable source. This reduces the overall grid energy consumed, and therefore the Council sees a reduction in carbon emissions 9 For renewables generated on non-operational sites (solar farms), or on sites not owned and operated by the us, energy goes into the grid, and does…

… don’t make this practical scalable solution on-shore. We currently run a solar programme to retrofit solar panels across our school and corporate estate, and to deliver solar farm projects on council owned brownfield sites. When this programme of works was agreed, it was seen primarily as a revenue generator and a stipulation was introduced that any scheme, or group of schemes had to be cash…

… and libraries, but also making significant investment on off-site renewables including two operational solar farms. As result of this work, and a general reduction in the size of our corporate estate we have successfully reduced our corporate carbon emissions by 51% (as of 19/20). Despite these successes we understand that we need to lead by example and do more, faster. This plan acknowledges…