Schools to be given funding to install solar panels in bid to reduce emissions and energy costs

The programme provides eligible schools with six kWp of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to about 16 solar panels.

More than one in four schools have been granted funding to install solar panels on their roofs as part of the education sector’s bid to reduce carbon emissions.

Funding approval has been granted to more than 1,100 schools as part of the first phase of the schools photovoltaic (PV) programme, launched first in November 2023.