Reading Borough Council Solar Panels

Rces is set up as a community benefit society meaning it is a business run for charitable purposes.

Reading borough council solar panels. Councils across england have been tasked with trying to reach the government s carbon neutral target by 2050. Reading borough council has installed solar panels on its buildings around reading. Hundreds of council homes in reading are being installed with solar panels. Reading borough council has also been showing a lead having cut its carbon footprint by half well ahead of schedule too.

Each board of directors is passionate about increasing the amount of renewable energy in reading and making this project happen. Reading borough council and wokingham borough council. Councillors in reading are being urged to look at installing solar panels on council. Reading community energy society board is a combination of members from the local community reading council and energy 4 all.

Measures have included the installation of solar panels on over 40 council community and school buildings and. The council has hit its carbon footprint target three years early. Image caption solar panels can generate electricity and a guaranteed payment for the energy they produce. Reading borough council said the 1 8m scheme would pay for itself over two decades with income generated through the.

We own and operate 20 solar pv systems on roofs in and around reading with a combined capacity of 434 kwp energy enough to power the equivalent of 128 homes each year. A 37 cut in reading borough council s carbon footprint is estimated to have saved 5 5 million in energ y costs since 2008. The councils will connect to the system in the coming two months. Council council tax comment complain compliment democracy.

Welcome to reading community energy society our mission is to accelerate the uptake of community owned renewable energy in reading and surrounds. Children and education schools caring for children concerns about a child. Skip to main content. 30 november 2018 by hugh fort.

Coronavirus covid 19 guidance and support. Energy costs for reading borough council have fallen by 50 per cent in 10 years saving the cash strapped authority 7 million. Year on year carbon emissions produced by the council fell by nearly 11 in 2015 16 saving the reading council tax payer around 900 000.