Overview

• Great British Energy has disbursed £10m in grants to mayoral authorities for solar, battery and EV charging installations on care homes, leisure centres, libraries, fire and police stations.
• Projects span Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire and the East Midlands and mark the first expansion beyond March’s schools and NHS solar scheme.
• Officials project annual energy bill savings of about £1m and lifetime reductions of £35m for public services across the funded sites.
• The deployments are expected to enhance local energy security, generate skilled jobs and support the UK government’s net-zero ambitions.
• These awards follow a £180m March programme that installed rooftop solar on around 200 schools and NHS facilities.