Car Park Solar for Council and Community Energy Partnerships

You are invited to a Lunch and Learn featuring a company called Solar Car Park who offer a less invasive, less costly solution for our quirky local authority and public buildings’ carparks. Their solution provides carport solar and EV charging for smaller carparks which aren’t cost-effective or suitable for the larger systems currently on offer today.

Why attend?

• Learn about a new solution which addresses common car park solar installation challenges for public sector sites
• Hear from Council Officers who have delivered or procured solar car park solutions in the past year
• Ask questions about how to procure and deliver car park solar
• Find out about different technical solutions other Councils and community energy groups have investigated
• Discuss the benefits of car park solar versus rooftop
• Find out how other Councils have overcome common challenges to this kind of solar installation, from planning to Grid connections.

Agenda:

- 10 minutes presentation from Solar Car Park UK focused on case studies and insights from local authority/public sector projects

- 5 minute presentation from Jason Roberts, Major Projects Development Manager, Wealden District Council

- 5 minute presentation from Luke Simpkin, Senior Energy and Sustainability Officer, West Suffolk Council

- Panel Q&A and discussion to help Councils and CE groups get prepared for GB Energy Grant applications focused on putting community-owned solar on car parks with our speakers listed above plus Matt Peukert or Emily Martin from MP Renewable Consultancy (https://mprc.uk/), which handled the development work on the Sherborne Council solar car park.

Further reading

You may also be interested to read the Decision Paper Reports from Council projects below.

West Suffolk Council - Mildenhall Hub: https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/documents/s52846/CAB.WS.24.051+West+Suffolk+Solar+Canopies+Project.pdf

Wealden District Council - Hailsham Vicarage Lane: https://council.wealden.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=96438

Wokingham Borough Council - Mereoak Park and Ride: https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s85304/FINALMEREOAKPandRExec.pdf