Joju Solar scoops the Alan Clark Award for Local/Community Energy

We did it!  We’re so pleased to have won the Alan Clark Award for Local/Community Energy at the Solar and Storage Live Awards, alongside North Lincolnshire Council and North Lincolnshire Community Energy.

It’s an incredible project making a real impact in the community, including:

– Solar installed on 14 schools and colleges, a community hub, a museum and a community council building, with more projects in the pipeline.
– 3,441 panels installed and counting… equating to over 1.4MWp of installed capacity
– 1101618 kWh generated every year
– 277.68 tonnes of CO2 saved per year

The project aims to:

• drive the area forward to be net zero by 2030, reducing carbon emissions
• bring local people/organisations together to support tackling climate change
• accelerate the availability of renewable energy in the area
• be run by local people and be the driving force for enabling a greener future
• reduce energy costs for community/educational settings, enabling more funds to be prioritised on resources.

It delivers on all fronts.

The solar electricity generation, cost reduction and CO2 reduction results are impressive, but installing solar in North Lincolnshire is about much more. There’s a genuine focus on the value of learning opportunities for community benefit too.

 

 

NLCE, North Lincolnshire Council and Joju have run a series of environmental workshops at schools and colleges to speak with pupils about their solar installations and the wider topic of sustainability. A series of free, interactive community events have also been run, inviting the wider community to discover more about the benefits of solar energy, and to focus on sustainability topics, whilst experiencing family fun and positivity. We’ve provided free energy advice in community hubs too.

Joju CEO, Joe Michaels, said:

“It’s a real honour to win The Alan Clark Award this year. Community energy has been at the heart of Joju ever since we started, over 18 years ago, and it’s fantastic to be working with the teams at North Lincolnshire Council and NLCE to make a difference in the community, reduce carbon emissions, and improve air quality.   

A huge thanks also goes to Energy4All for helping to make community energy a reality in North Lincolnshire, and I’d also like to say a personal congratulations to our hard working, highly skilled installation and management teams.

We are excited about what’s to come in North Lincolnshire and this is a wonderful way to celebrate what’s been achieved so far”.

Discover more

• Read more about the project here
• Discover more about our community energy approach
• Check out more of our community energy case studies