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Rooftop Renewables
At CPRE Hampshire, we are committed to tackling the climate emergency, which threatens not only our countryside but our planet.
Hampshire County Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. As a result, two targets have been set for the County Council, and these also apply to Hampshire as a whole:
- Be Carbon neutral by 2050
- Be resilient to the impacts of temperature rise
We know that our countryside can provide many of the solutions, through effective land use, whilst protecting our valued landscape.
New mapping tool reveals ‘hotspots’ for solar initiatives in Hampshire
Our interactive solar mapping tool has been created by The University of Southampton Energy and Climate Team to help identify the potential rooftop solar capacity of individual buildings across Hampshire’s parishes, towns, and districts. In addition, it also shows the location of existing and planned ground-mounted solar farms.
Learn how to use the mapA Rooftop Revolution
At CPRE we believe the best place for as much solar as possible is surprisingly simple – on our roofs. Putting solar panels on the millions of roofs across the country means that we don’t need to use as much extra land to meet our energy needs. This saves land from industrialisation, and paves the way for regenerative agriculture that will produce food and provide a much-needed home for declining wildlife species.
What we’re doing to get solar off the ground
- We have collaborated with CPRE Sussex and the University of Southampton’s Energy and Climate Change Division to create a new solar mapping tool which reveals the potential scale of rooftop solar in Hampshire
- We have developed a Rooftop Solar Policy Brief which sets out what is needed to make this theoretical potential a reality across Hampshire
- In June, we held an inaugural rooftop solar conference, bringing together key players in local energy policy to explore the region’s rooftop solar potential
To deliver a rooftop revolution, we need policy change nationally and locally.
Expert research for CPRE shows that at least 60% of the solar energy we need can be delivered through installations on new builds, commercial buildings and car parks. We’re calling on the government to set a new and ambitious target for generating clean and affordable electricity from rooftops.
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