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As small and medium enterprises (SMEs) continue their journey to tackle climate change, there is added pressure of the Government’s target to achieve net zero emissions before 2050. While many businesses understand the importance of their role in this journey, many remain aware of the business support available to them.
In this blog, we outline the potential grants that are available to businesses in the West of England to help reduce your greenhouse gas emissions as well as cut your utility costs. By businesses in the West of England we mean those with trading address in the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol or South Gloucestershire local authority areas).
These grants are to assist the purchase and installation of new products and equipment that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut utility costs and improve energy efficiency.
More information can be found here.
Encourages small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and registered charities to embrace sustainable practices by installing solar panels on their larger commercial and industrial roofs. These installations can be on warehouses, factories, or larger office buildings.
Project requirements:
The generation capacity of the solar project must be at least 50 kWp DC within a single array.
The inverter output should be a minimum of 40 kW AC.
Grants available to replace old, inefficient heating systems with air-to-water, ground-to-water or water-to-water heat pumps.
More information
In all cases, your grant application must be supported by an independent carbon assessment of your business. If you don’t have one already, the West of England Growth Hub will carry out a Carbon Survey for free. You can find more information here. For queries, please either email or call 0117 332 1520.