Schools: Have You Thought About Solar Panels?

Discover how school energy costs may be improved through the installation of solar panels.

Solar panels can offer a reliable, long-term energy solution for schools that may reduce their electricity bills, reduce carbon emissions and provide schools with an alternative income. There are two different approaches for solar panels:

1. where the solar company installs solar panels on the school's roofs (or somewhere else) at their own cost. The energy would belong to the solar company, and they would then sell the energy to the school at a cheaper rate than standard energy providers.
2. where the school pays for the cost of installing the solar panels on the roof (or elsewhere), in which case the school owns the energy created by the solar panels and can either use batteries to store or sell the surplus of energy to the grid. In this instance, there may be additional costs for installing batteries.