Response 3762313

Response to request for information

Reference

3762313

Response date

12 June 2025

Request

1. Governance & Responsibility
   • Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation?
   • If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required).

2. Current Solar Deployment
   • How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?
   • What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)? 
   • What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation?

3. Investment & Strategy
   • Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation? 
   • If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published).

4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments
   • Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy? 
   • If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)? 

5. Future Plans
   • Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years? If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales). 
   • Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared? 

6. Procurement & Partnerships
   • Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations? If yes, which ones?
   • Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions?

7. Battery Storage
   • Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels?
   • Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future?

8. Funding
   • Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)?

9. Barriers
   • What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)?

Response

1. Governance & Responsibility
   • Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation? Yes
   • If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required). Team Manager - Environment

2. Current Solar Deployment
   • How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?  6 Sites
   • What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)?  Approx. 250kWp
   • What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation? Approx. 1% from onsite generation

3. Investment & Strategy
   • Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation? Yes
   • If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published). climate-change-strategy-2021-30.pdf

4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments
   • Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy? Yes
   • If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)? Report/dashboard

5. Future Plans
   • Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years? If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales). Yes, approx. 600 - 800 kWp
   • Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared? No, as commercially sensitive

6. Procurement & Partnerships
   • Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations? If yes, which ones? Yes - Pagabo, CCS, EEM
   • Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions? Yes

7. Battery Storage
   • Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels? No
   • Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future? Yes

8. Funding
   • Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)? Yes

9. Barriers
   • What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)? Funding