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Current & Planned Use of Solar Power

Reference: 25-26112

Date response sent: 24/06/2025

Details of enquiry

  1. Governance & Responsibility: Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation?

a. If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required).

2. Current Solar Deployment: How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?

a. What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)?

b. What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation?

3. Investment & Strategy: Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation?

a. If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published).

4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments: Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy?

a. If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)?

5. Future Plans: Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years?

a. If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales).

b. Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared?

6. Procurement & Partnerships: Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations?

a. If yes, which ones?

b. Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions?

7. Battery Storage: Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels?

a. Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future?

8.Funding: Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)?

9. Barriers: What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)?

Response sent

  1. Governance & Responsibility: Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation?

No.

  1. Current Solar Deployment: How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?

None

  1. What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)?

Not applicable

  1. What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation?

Not applicable

  1. Investment & Strategy: Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation?

No.  Currently solar panels are not being considered as part of the renewal energy solution.

Please note that we are currently working towards a merger with another organisation. This is further explained on our website: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust merger update

  1. Solar and Net Zero Commitments: Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy?

Please see our response to Question 3 above

  1. Future Plans: Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years?

Please see our response to Q3 above

  1. Procurement & Partnerships: Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations?

No

  1. If yes, which ones?

Not applicable – see above response

  1. Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions?

Not applicable – see above response

  1. Battery Storage: Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels?
    1. Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future?

The Trust does not hold any information on future Solar strategies or future Solar energy delivery models.

Please note that we are currently working towards a merger with another organisation. This is further explained on our website: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust merger update

  1. Funding: Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)?

The Trust has not applied for any external funding as described above

  1. Barriers: What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)?

See our responses above to your previous questions 3, 4, and 7

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