Edinburgh Council has this week outlined plans to develop the largest community-owned renewable energy project in the U.K. Working in partnership with the Edinburgh Community Solar Cooperative (ECSC) and supported by Energy4All, the council will seek to install rooftop solar PV panels across a number of public buildings in the city, including schools, community and leisure centers, and government buildings. Lang Banks, director of WWF Scotland, welcomed the program, and called upon more homeowners in Scotland to follow suit and install renewable energy technology on their properties. “Using council property to install solar panels is a smart move that over their lifetime will help the Scottish capital avoid thousands of tonnes of climate change emissions,” he said. “In addition to improving the energy efficiency of buildings, we would very much encourage all local authorities to look into the possibility of using their land and buildings to generate clean energy.”
Edinburgh Solar Co-op
Share