6 Sept 2011: Earlier this year, Rushcliffe Solar were asked to do a Photovoltaic study for Rushcliffe BC, considering about 20 buildings initially, and assessing their potential for PV. This was whittled down to about 16 "good'uns" and for these we worked out an approximate cost, and summary of the Plans A, B, C possible for each of the buildings. Some of them are big enough to be a solar power station (eg large leisure centres) and some are small but of educational value, such as small community centres.
This article is in the Nottingham Evening Post Monday Sept 5, 2011:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Ray-hope-pound-1-35m-solar-panel-scheme-buildings/story-13268536-detail/story.html
Rushcliffe Solar have done a similar report for Gedling BC, and hope that Gedling will also be stimulated by it. Many thanks to the Sustainability team of Rushcliffe BC for commissioning this report.
The government have relaxed the rules on Feed in Tariff earnings, allowing the District Councils to earn money from installations - so it's a good investment for the Ratepayer!
POSTSCRIPT: Sad news, the Conservative group on RBC turned down the idea of PV in the borough, not even prepared to take a punt at a single pilot project. Said it was an 'untested technology', said that we could not trust governments to maintain the payments for the 25 yrs, and said they wanted a return of 5 years (20%), and thought that by waiting, prices would come down. Hah! wrong on all counts.
Perhaps the Evening Post will report on it in a few days with some sort of explanation :(
This article is in the Nottingham Evening Post Monday Sept 5, 2011:
"Cabinet members will discuss proposals which could initially see solar panels installed at six council-owned buildings.
If approved, the panels could be installed on buildings including West Park cricket pavilion, Gresham sports pavilion and the education centre at Rushcliffe Country Park.
Charlotte McGraw, head of community shaping at the council, said the scheme would help the council be more environmentally-friendly."
and a lot more detail after that. See the link below.http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Ray-hope-pound-1-35m-solar-panel-scheme-buildings/story-13268536-detail/story.html
Rushcliffe Solar have done a similar report for Gedling BC, and hope that Gedling will also be stimulated by it. Many thanks to the Sustainability team of Rushcliffe BC for commissioning this report.
The government have relaxed the rules on Feed in Tariff earnings, allowing the District Councils to earn money from installations - so it's a good investment for the Ratepayer!
POSTSCRIPT: Sad news, the Conservative group on RBC turned down the idea of PV in the borough, not even prepared to take a punt at a single pilot project. Said it was an 'untested technology', said that we could not trust governments to maintain the payments for the 25 yrs, and said they wanted a return of 5 years (20%), and thought that by waiting, prices would come down. Hah! wrong on all counts.
Perhaps the Evening Post will report on it in a few days with some sort of explanation :(
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