Renewable energy
A number of measures have been taken to maximise our renewable energy potential, in line with the Carbon Reduction Plan. In total the Council has 3.4MWp Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) capacity across 13 sites. This includes:
- Ground mounted 1.2MWp Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) array at Water Lane co-located with a 1MW/2MWh battery storage facility and a connection providing a renewable energy supply to our Operations Depot at Exton Road to support the electrification of the Council’s fleet, completed in January 2023.
- 124kW PV array installed at Riverside Leisure Centre alongside a small battery store, completed in January 2023.
- Battery storage technology also installed at Matford Centre and John Lewis car park, completed January 2023.
- Solar PV panels installed on more than 800 City Council homes (around 17% of the Council’s housing stock), as part of a larger retrofit programme installing Solar PV, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Solar Domestic Hot Water and Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery systems.
The total generation and full breakdown for January to March 2024 is as follows:
- Our solar arrays total 3400 kW capacity
- These generated 244,408 kWh of electricity
- The lead to a carbon saving of 51.81 tCO2e
- This is the equivalent C02 Savings of 7402 Trees*
*Based on approx. 7kg absorbed per Ash tree per year Source: Treeconomics ‘Valuing Exeter’s Urban Forest’ Report 2023
Solar generation figures
On occasions where reads cannot be taken an average is calculated, these are marked in bold.
|
Solar Sites |
Size (kW) |
Installation |
Quarter 1 |
Quarter 2 |
Quarter 3 |
Quarter 4 |
|
Water Lane Solar Farm |
1500 |
2023 |
337480.00 |
385935.50 |
189249.50 |
122630.00 |
|
Livestock Centre |
1200 |
2016 |
376310.50 |
351637.40 |
124719.90 |
77624.9 |
|
Mary Arches Car Park |
150 |
2015 |
50880.80 |
48915.80 |
21669.80 |
13179.8 |
|
John Lewis Car Park |
122 |
2015 |
30340.90 |
28287.00 |
12049.50 |
6771.8 |
|
Riverside Leisure Centre |
120 |
2023 |
54403.50 |
26146.55 |
26146.55 |
12021.4 |
|
Civic Centre (Phases 1 & 2) |
70 |
2013 |
24674.66 |
17811.18 |
8363.53 |
1018.36 |
|
Materials Reclamation Facility |
50 |
2013 |
16172.30 |
6870.10 |
3300.20 |
1617.5 |
|
The Ark Store |
40 |
2013 |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
535.0 |
|
Clip ‘n’ Climb Centre |
29 |
2015 |
11302.44 |
10479.07 |
5168.72 |
3437.01 |
|
Wat Tyler House |
26 |
2015 |
8662.77 |
8215.40 |
3489.36 |
2115.71 |
|
RAMM |
25 |
2015 |
8870.09 |
N/a |
1716.83 |
1048.29 |
|
Oakwood House |
22 |
2013 |
5994.30 |
5304.20 |
1574.40 |
1706.3 |
|
Belle Isle |
8 |
2015 |
2714.00 |
1799.00 |
1799.00 |
702.0 |