Renewable and Low Carbon Initiatives
Discover Eastleigh Borough Council's sustainable strides with renewable and low carbon initiatives aimed at a greener future.
Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
We have installed rooftop Solar PV with a capacity of 459kW, on various sites around the Borough which generate approximately 401,609kWh of electricity every year. The average home uses 3,484kWh of electricity per year, with these schemes expecting to generate enough electricity to power around 116 Eastleigh homes. By producing energy in this renewable form, the scheme will avoid producing approximately 85,274kg CO2 per year.
Solar Energy
All our Solar Photovoltaic (PV) sites are listed below.
| Installation | Capacity |
| Places Leisure Eastleigh Eastleigh |
67.68 |
| Energy Youth Centre Eastleigh |
4 |
| Itchen Valley Country Park Eastleigh |
4 |
| YZone Youth Centre Fair Oak YZone |
8.82 |
| Black Horse House Eastleigh |
9.60 |
| Wessex House Eastleigh |
18.24 |
| Pavilion on the Park Eastleigh |
31.68 |
| The Hub Bishopstoke |
34.56 |
| Shakespeare Business Centre (18) |
6.75 |
| Fleming Park Bowls Club Eastleigh |
3.76 |
| Wildern School - Wave Hedge End |
19 |
| Wildern School - Sports Hall Hedge End |
76 |
| Lowford Centre - Doctors Surgery Bursledon |
10 |
| Lowford Centre - Community Centre Bursledon |
6 |
| Eastleigh House Eastleigh |
49.76 |
| Stoke Park Farm Bishopstoke |
30 |
| Lakeside Centre Eastleigh |
30 |
| Bampton House Eastleigh |
4 |
| Bandstand Court Eastleigh |
45.54 |
Solar farms are larger installations with Chalcroft Solar Farm, in Horton Heath, having a capacity of 6.34MW, generating approximately 6,080MWh of electricity.
Enough to power roughly 1758 Homes and displaces 1290 tCO2 per year!
Solar Thermal
This is where the sun’s heat is used to warm water used for taps and showers. We have small systems installed in Eastleigh's Wessex House and Lakeside Centre, which contribute to reducing the amount of gas or electricity used at these locations.
Wind Energy
Wind turbines harness the kinetic energy of the wind to drive a generator to create clean and sustainable electricity. At Itchen Valley Country Park we have a Proven WT6000 6kW wind turbine, installed with a grant, that contributes to the electricity consumption on site.
Biomass
Itchen Valley Country Park is not located near the main gas network and previously used an oil-fired boiler for heating. In 2011, this was replaced with a 36kW Biomass Boiler to generate heat and warm water for the visitor centre. Wood pellets, made from a sustainable source, are burned to create the heat for the system
Ground Source Heat Pump
When the Lakeside Centre was redeveloped in 2016, it also had the same issue of not being near the gas network and invested in a Ground Source Heat Pump system. In essence, heat is extracted from the ground via a loop (the size of a football pitch!) buried about 1m below the surface, where the temperature of the soil is around a constant 10oC . This heat is transferred like a fridge-in-reverse, to the building. It is electrically driven but for every kWh of energy used, it generates approximately 4kWh of heat.