A major deal is due to be approved next week paving the way for £424 million investment into renewable energy in Bristol. City Hall chiefs will likely sign off the City Leap deal between Bristol City Council and Ameresco, in a bid to cut the city’s carbon emissions.
The 20-year deal will see a raft of projects transforming how Bristol generates, distributes, stores and uses energy. This includes expanding the district heat network, installing new wind turbines and solar panels, retrofitting homes with insulation, and rolling out heat pumps.
Bristol City Council’s cabinet will decide whether to approve the landmark deal at a meeting on Tuesday, December 6. Key parts of the deal are making the council’s operations carbon neutral by 2025, and retrofitting council-owned social housing by 2030 with new insulation.
