Lichfield Leisure Centre
Community Share Offer
Solar Panels Installed
Lichfield Leisure Centre Share Offer
Power with Purpose
Community-owned solar at Lichfield Leisure Centre.
This share offer, backed by many local people, replaced the short-term loan used to deliver the project, so it is owned for long-term community benefit.
Latest News & Events
Electricity Generation
The new solar panels on Lichfield Leisure Centre are making a big contribution to our clean power generation. The panels at Lichfield went live on 6th January. In their first nine months they generated nearly 143 megawatts of energy. This is making a significant...
Project updates Autumn 2026
Our newest installation at Lichfield Leisure Centre is operating well and exceeding output forecasts, helped of course by the lengthy sunny period over this summer. We are very hopeful of imminent progress with our project to install over 600kWh of solar PV on...
Community investment raises £160,000 for Lichfield Leisure Centre solar project – final update
Staffordshire Community Energy is pleased to share a final update on the successful community share offer for the solar installation at Lichfield Leisure Centre, following the completion of all legal processes and receipt of investor funds. As announced on the final...
We did it: £150,000 target reached
We are delighted to announce that Staffordshire Community Energy’s Community Share Offer has reached its £150,000 target. The application website is now closed, with the offer fully funded thanks to the fantastic support of our investors, members and wider community....
Power with Purpose: why community energy is about more than solar panels
At Staffordshire Community Energy, our current Share Offer is helping to fund a new community-owned solar installation at Lichfield Leisure Centre. But when we talk about Power with Purpose, we mean something bigger than solar panels on a roof. We mean clean energy...
Power With Purpose: Help us make the final push
Today marks the start of Community Energy Fortnight, a nationwide celebration of people coming together to create cleaner, fairer and more resilient communities through locally owned renewable energy. It's also the start of the final two weeks of our Lichfield Leisure...