All Solar Projects
Ten years and counting – our solar projects in brief
Repowering London has been working for a decade to build sustainable, community-led energy systems in London. So far, we have supported the establishment of 11 energy co-operatives and installed solar arrays on 44 buildings, with a generating capacity totalling more than 1MWp. Browse this page to find out about what some of these projects have achieved for their local communities.
Aldgate Solar Power
Repowering London has developed the first community-owned solar project in the City of London, on the rooftops of the Middlesex Street Estate in the Portsoken ward. Aldgate Solar Power (ASP) now hosts a 37 kWp solar array, which cost £47,000 to install. Funding for the project was raised by selling shares in the project to community members and from other sources such as the Mayor of London’s London Community Energy Fund and the City of London’s Community Infrastructure Levy Fund. Click here to learn more about ASP.
Lambeth Community Solar
Lambeth Community Solar (LCS) is a borough-wide initiative to install community-owned solar panels on schools and community buildings across Lambeth. In November 2019 we installed 83 kWp of solar panels on the Norwood school, and in February 2020 we installed 62 kWp on the Elmgreen school. 170 community investors bought shares, raising more than £137,000. The electricity will be sold to the schools at a discount, and £33,000 will be set aside for a Community Fund over the lifetime of the project. Click here to learn more about LCS.
North Kensington Community Energy
North Kensington Community Energy (NKCE) is the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s first energy co-op. In 2019, we installed 87 kWp of solar panels on the Avondale and Thomas Jones Primary Schools, and the Dalgarno Community Centre. In 2020, we installed an additional 138 kWp on the Westway Sports Centre. Clean electricity will be sold at a discount to the schools and profits will create a £70,000 Community Fund. Click here to find out more about NKCE.
Vauxhall Energy
The Vauxhall Energy project installed 65 kWp of community-owned solar arrays on the roofs of five blocks in the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. The scheme will help avoid 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions over its lifetime and generate £15,000 to benefit the community. Click here to learn more about Vauxhall Energy.
Banister House Solar
In 2015 we delivered our largest single project to-date on the Banister House Estate in Hackney. A 101 kWp solar PV system was installed on the roofs of social housing and the estate’s community centre using £149,500 raised from 131 investors. During the course of the project, 14 young interns completed our 30-week paid internship programme. Click here to learn more about Banister House Solar.
Brixton Energy Solar
In 2011 a group of Brixton residents came together to fight climate change and successfully installed 82 kWp of community-owned solar photovoltaic panels across two social housing estates in Brixton. These projects, Brixton Energy Solar 1 and 2, were the first of their kind in the UK and brought environmental, social and economic benefits to one of the nation’s most deprived communities. This work continued in 2014 with the installation of an additional 52 kWp on the Roupell Park Housing estate, a project known as Brixton Energy Solar 3. Investors in the Brixton Energy Solar projects are now seeing a healthy return on their investments. Income is flowing into the ring-fenced Community Fund, which has been used to create educational grants for young people from the local estates on which these projects are located. Click here for more information on Brixton Energy Solar.
