Residents, business owners and investors are invited to join Plymouth Energy Community at Salisbury Road Primary to hear more about the solar panel investment opportunity.

Salisbury Road Primary is one of many Plymouth schools who have been working with Plymouth Energy Community and PEC Renewables Ltd to get solar panels installed on their school roof. The solar panels are offered for free whilst providing an opportunity for members of our community to invest and become 'co-owners' of these panels.


Using the funds invested by the community, solar panels will be installed on the roofs of schools and community buildings throughout the city over the coming months. The panels will convert the light from the sun into a renewable source of energy.

This provides a low-cost energy supply and an educational facility for our schools. The energy also generates an income for the scheme through payments from the government’s Feed-in Tariff. This money will then be used to maintain the panels and pay investors a return. Surplus funds will be used to deliver Plymouth Energy Community's future projects to tackle fuel poverty and climate change in Plymouth.

The event, which will also be attended by Councillors and Plymouth City Council officers, will be held in the school hall at Salisbury Road Primary from 3.30pm to 5pm on Friday 7 March.

(CD/JP)