Grand Union Community Energy (GUCE) has hosted meetings across Three Rivers to explain the potential benefits of solar energy canopies on local car parks.
The Henderson Hub in Abbots Langley hosted one of these events on Tuesday, November 26. This came after GUCE was granted £40,000 by the Department for Energy and Net Zero’s Community Energy Fund (CEF) for a stage 1 feasibility study to understand the viability of the canopies on seven Three Rivers District Council car parks.
The study will produce initial designs, identify challenges, and recommend outcomes.
GUCE say sites deemed viable will be investigated further to try and deliver community benefits, energy bill savings, and carbon emission reductions.
GUCE used the recent meetings to keep the local community up to date, showing the initial findings and setting out what will come next in the project.
Sarah Burgess, development officer for GUCE, said: “Looking at locally generated renewable energy options is always an amazing challenge. This project has been exciting to see what is possible and we’re now keen to share it with local residents.”
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