Essex County Council has installed solar PV arrays on over 50 buildings.
The council says that these installs have just generated over one million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, which represents substantial progress towards the goals recommended by the Essex Climate Action Commission in its report: Net Zero: Making Essex Carbon Neutral.
So far in 2022, the schools with solar installs have benefitted from income and savings of over £60,000.
Cllr Peter Schwier, ECC Climate Czar, said: “This milestone is a perfect example to show how through our Climate Action Plan we are successfully working towards achieving our ambitious goals.
“As outlined in the Climate Action Plan, the Council is committed to playing its part by getting its own electricity from renewable sources, by producing over one million kWh of solar energy we have proved that we are well on our way to achieving that.”
