St Jude's Church takes step toward carbon net zero with solar panels

Green-minded worshippers from Southsea celebrated the installation of solar panels on their roof of their church building.

- by News Reporter

The 36 solar panels on the roof of St Jude's Church, Southsea, will help the building towards being carbon net zero - and save money on energy costs. They are on the south-facing lower roof, above Kent Road, soaking up sunlight throughout the year in order to generate power.

The panels will ultimately produce 12,500kWh each year, preventing three tons of CO2 entering the atmosphere annually. It should also save more than £120,000 of energy costs for the church over the next 20 years.

The vicar, the Rev Adam Tams, donned a hard hat and hi-vis jacket to clamber onto the roof alongside former associate vicar the Rev Neil Smart, and Eco-church champion Claire Beadnell, to give thanks for the panels and pray for those who will benefit from them.