Author: Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder Digital Signet. Reviewed against DfE Sustainability Strategy (Mar 2025) and Education Estates Strategy (Feb 2026). Verified 22 June 2026.
The Mayor's Renewables Fund supports renewable-energy capital projects across London's public estate, including schools. It commonly funds solar PV, battery storage and community energy generation.
The Mayor's Renewables Fund supports renewable-energy capital projects across London's public estate, including schools. It commonly funds solar PV, battery storage and community energy generation.
The fund can grant-fund the CAPEX for a solar array that would otherwise be PPA-financed, converting the asset to a school-owned model. PPA exit clauses interact with this; refer to the fund's guidance per cycle.
The Mayor's renewable energy capital envelope is published in the GLA budget; per-cycle allocations vary.
Multiple Inner and Outer London boroughs have funded school solar PV and battery projects via the Mayor's Renewables Fund; the GLA's published register is the canonical comparator.