More than 1,200 council homes in Swansea will have solar panels installed on their roofs over the next four years to help generate electricity and reduce the cost of energy, Swansea Council has confirmed.
Around £26m has been set aside for the project which will see hundreds of PV solar panels installed and specialist batteries introduced to generate and store energy for electric power and light - energy which Swansea Council has said will be able to be used by individual residents "on demand".
The first homes to benefit from the scheme are set to have their solar panels installed later this summer - and more than 30 homes that are located in rural areas and not on mains gas will also benefit from upgrades to their homes' insulation, as well as new 'heat pumps' to provide a low-carbon heating alternative to existing oil, coal and LPG systems. You can get the biggest Swansea news stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
