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<p>The Government welcomes schools taking action to play their part in reducing carbon
emissions. Solar panels could be a step towards this.</p><p>In April the Government
published guidance to schools on the benefits of solar technology. The publication,
Power to the Pupils,[1] includes practical information for schools on finance and
installation.</p><p>There are, however, restrictions on school borrowing, because
all spending by schools can have an impact on the public sector’s deficit and the
public sector net debt.</p><p>Schools have found alternatives to commercial borrowing
to fund solar photovoltaic (PV) projects including community share issues and crowd
funding. Some local authorities have also set up schemes to help maintained schools
meet the upfront cost of a project.</p><p>Taken together, this range of funding approaches
should allow any school to install solar panels where they can see a value-for-money
case.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools</a></p>
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