Warrington Borough Council has been through a long and time-consuming process to assess the best options for financing renewable energy systems.

With the assistance of a CLASP grant they aim to share their learning with other Authorities, by producing a “How To” Guide to finance options, that will include case studies and practical issues such as “How long will it take?” “Who needs to be involved?” “How much will it cost to set up?” “What’s the risk?”  

As part of this we are holding a CLASP event for local authorities, housing associations, and their partners to:  

 Learn about large scale investment in renewable energy by local authorities: what are the benefits, what options are available

 Explore how to get projects off the ground: who to convince, what are the risks, what information you need, who you need to work with, how much the project development work costs and how long it takes

 Look at how other local authorities are funding their projects: prudential borrowing, share offers, funding for feasibility studies

 Hear from officers at Warrington Borough Council and other local authorities

 Examine successful examples of business cases for investment

 Case studies of PV on social housing, solar farms, large scale wind, district heating etc.

 Look at moving on from generating for your own use: how to sell electricity, tackle fuel poverty, set up and Energy Services Company, establish further projects.  

Come along with your questions, challenges and your own organisation’s experience.  

The event accompanies a CLASP Briefing researched by Quantum Strategy & Technology with Warrington Borough Council funded by CLASP. We will use the event to check we’ve answered all your questions in the briefing and covered the key points you need to know in the briefing before we finalise it for publication.