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… to operate in all three areas. Warrington Council does aspire to work in all three areas, as its projects below demonstrate. A Changing Market But the energy market is changing – and fast. A new age has arrived, characterised by the 4 D’s: Decarbonisation – legally binding carbon budgets for the UK Government and a need for policy to support the aspiration under the Climate Change Act 2008…
… WARRINGTON BC – GREEN ENERGY STRATEGY INTRODUCTION Warrington is an area of just over 207,000 population in the North West of the country. It has a low funding base but high economic growth. It has been severely impacted by Government cuts in funding under the Chancellor’s austerity programme over the past five years…
… below. In each case, projects will go through the governance process, whereby projects are proposed by officers and considered in the Green Energy Officer Group; are then considered by the Member led Warrington Sustainable Energy Executive Board Task Group; with decisions ultimately being taken by the Council’s Cabinet and then confirmed by Council. The Projects These provide the steps…
…, on the basis that it will fund the installations and retain income derivable from them, whether from Government financial incentives and/or from the sale of the electricity to the occupants of the buildings. This is a highly innovative scheme for local government, but is mainstream in the private sector. Considerable hurdles have had to be addressed to develop a workable model for this operation…
… government operation, an investment route is well used, whereby the Council simply invests money in an asset for a commercial return. Here, again, the Council has been a trailblazer with its deal to arrange a bond of approximately £60m to purchase the Wroughton Solar Farm in Swindon, jointly with Thurrock and Newham Councils. Here, the Council did not operate the asset, but gained a financial return…