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… 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, combining solar panel installations with battery storage also has the potential to generate revenue, and contribute to our third principle. We will continue to monitor upcoming technologies…
… committed the Council to reducing its emissions by 25% by 2013/14 from 2008/9 levels. A climate change action plan was also produced. 6. Since 2010 we have upgraded lighting in council buildings and streetlights and installed solar panels on the Town Hall roof. We also installed combined heat and power for the Dolphin Leisure Centre. 7. Since then the size of the corporate estate has increased…
…. Renewables 36. Renewable generation will be reported alongside our carbon emissions. 37. Where the Council has solar panels on a 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. We will report the amount of renewable energy generated…
… supplies are procured through the North East Procurement Organisation and the Council has switched to EDF’s Blue for Business tariff, which is a zero-carbon tariff. Renewables 47. 10kWh Solar panels have been installed on the roof at the Town Hall. A further array will be installed on Feethams House on completion of the build. Projections to 2050 48. The graph below shows…
… ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3 of 22 This document was classified as: OFFICIAL A CARBON NEUTRAL DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Introduction 1. The 2018 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that without substantial efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade we are likely to face severe…