Regent High School
September 2024
About
Regent High School is a 1,000 pupil secondary Co-Ed school in the heart of Camden. Twice winner of a Silver Pearson National Teaching Award, it has a broad curriculum with a wide range of in-class provision and support for students with specific medical and physical needs. Its fantastic range of after-school clubs covers everything from knitting, basketball and French to film, dance and poetry.
Funding & delivery
The solar panels were installed in the summer of 2024 and were part of PUNL’s Camden Schools Solar project that included Parliament Hill School. The panel costs were funded from a combination of investment by the local community and two local businesses in the form of shares and grants from Camden Council’s Camden Climate Fund and from the Mayor of London’s Somers Town Future Neighbourhoods pioneering initiative. King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP) – owners of the King’s Cross estate invested £50,000 on behalf of Regent High School and Somers Town Community Sports Centre invested £20,000. PUNL’s Chair and lead for the project, Anna Woodeson, said: “For the past nine years, PUNL has been working closely with local communities to help them embrace green energy and become less dependent on fossil fuels. This generous investment from the King’s Cross Carbon Fund will fund the installation of over 200 solar panels at Regent High, resulting in cleaner energy as well as cheaper electricity bills.”
Benefits & impact
The 93.31 kWp solar array will save over 15 tonnes of carbon a year, equivalent to that absorbed by over 700 trees. Regent High School will also benefit from lower electricity bills. The panels are a great sign of this school’s commitment to mitigate climate change and they offer an excellent learning tool for students. Information on panel performance will be displayed on the school’s website and students can see for themselves the variation in solar generation at different times of year and under different weather conditions. PUNL has been running after-school green energy clubs for year 8 pupils and the solar panels are a key part of the sessions.