WATCHET has been shortlisted for funding to instal solar panels on Watchet Visitor Centre and Boat Museum – and now people are being asked to vote for the bid to go further.
Onion Collective has made the application to the Marks and Spencer Energy Fund.
Solar panels would save money and create income for the building, freeing up funds to spend on high quality tourism marketing for the town and help to boost its economy.
If the application is successful, the panels will be installed at the end of this year. Planning permission has already been granted. The system will be battery ready, which also leaves scope for a future sustainable community business to be run from the building.
The Marks and Spencer Energy Fund is run annually and provides UK community organisations with an opportunity to win a share of £300,000 to support their renewable energy projects and technologies.
To vote for Watchet’s application go to www.mandsenergyfund.com/projects/solar-powered-tourism.