COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

Coventry City Council has joined forces with E.ON to launch a pioneering 15-year partnership

The partnership will transform the city’s approach to carbon reduction whilst helping people save money and boosting the local economy.

The initiative will see E.ON become the city’s new Strategic Energy Partner, forming an alliance that will build a cleaner and more sustainable city and drive a new green economy that will bring jobs and skills for generations to come.

The partnership is believed to be a first for the UK and will see the two organisations collaborate on revolutionising energy use in the city for the benefit of local communities and the wider economy.

The Council and E.ON will work together to develop ideas and projects for the benefit of Coventry residents.

Cllr Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change at Coventry City Council made the partnership announcement today, alongside Chris Norbury, Chief Executive of E.ON UK.

Cllr O’Boyle, said: "This is really exciting and completely innovative. No other city in the country is doing this. It will help Coventry move ahead with a range of projects that the Council would not have been able to achieve on its own.

“E.ON is based in Coventry and has been for almost 30 years, and it brings expertise, knowledge and skills. The partnership will also bring finance from the private sector so we will be able to quickly move forward on a range of schemes to benefit the city.

“We are already spearheading a number of major green projects, including the installation of hundreds of electric charging points – the highest number of any city outside of London. We have also developed a state-of-the art new materials recycling facility and we are well on the way to becoming the country’s first all-electric bus city.”

Chris Norbury, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: “The energy transition is a way to regenerate the local economy and we’re convinced we can make a difference in and with our home city.

“This is not about designing a new vision for the future, it’s about getting on and delivering Coventry’s response to the climate crisis – making improvements across the city that people want and need. That could mean better insulation for homes, more energy efficient public buildings, shifting from fossil fuels to locally-produced renewable energy and, perhaps most importantly, creating thousands of good jobs.”