An additional 62 Lincolnshire Co-op sites will have solar panels installed following the society’s £2 million investment into this greener alternative.
The retailer previously operated 11 sites with solar panels, generating 225,000 kilowatt hours (kwh) a year. The new sites are anticipated to produce an additional 1.8m kwh a year.
Buildings with solar panels will use approximately 30% solar energy and Lincolnshire Co-op’s overall indirect CO2 emissions will be reduced by an estimated 10%.
Lincolnshire Co-op have been working with energy saving experts SOL PV Group to get the first eight sites up and running in food stores in Scawby, Morton Bourne, Barrowby in Grantham, Barnetby le Wold, Springfield Road in Grantham, Clipstone, Keelby, and Skellingthorpe Road in Lincoln. The remaining 54 sites – mostly food stores – will be fitted by summer 2025.
Brett Reynolds, sales director at Sol PV Group, said: “Since the install of 54 individual solar panels at Barrowby Food Store, 31% of the electricity consumed by the store is green energy generated by the solar PV array, proving Lincolnshire Co-op’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
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