{"id":5274,"date":"2025-04-24T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=5274"},"modified":"2025-12-22T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:41:21","slug":"riversmeet-leisure-centre","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/case-studies\/riversmeet-leisure-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"RiversMeet Leisure Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media-content wp-block animate animate--stacked media-content--left media-content--type-image media-content--layout-default alignwide has-accent-color has-brand-yellow-accent-color\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"media-content__content \">\n\n        <h2 id=\"key-stats\" class=\"media-content__heading\">Key stats<\/h2>\n        <ul>\n<li><strong>Sector:<\/strong> Leisure<\/li>\n<li><strong>Installation size: <\/strong>252 kWp<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual generation: <\/strong>253.3 MWh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual savings: <\/strong>\u00a357,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual CO2 reduction:<\/strong> 141 tonnes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Return on investment: <\/strong>&lt; 4 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n\n        \n                    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"media-content__media animate-element\">\n\n            \n                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/GE_RiversMeet-24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-super size-super is--landscape\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/GE_RiversMeet-24.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/GE_RiversMeet-24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/GE_RiversMeet-24-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/GE_RiversMeet-24-768x432.jpg 768w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                \n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"video\">Watch the video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Green Business Stories: RiversMeet Active Leisure Centre\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JjWPNQfJ_Y4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\"><strong>The challenge: <\/strong>A leisure centre wanting greater control over their energy costs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">RiversMeet Leisure Centre is a not-for-profit community-owned venue in Gillingham, Dorset. The Leisure Centre offers multiple sport and entertainment facilities for the community including a swimming pool, gym, sports hall, caf\u00e9 and soft play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">Having survived through two lockdowns in 2020 and 2021; it was the 2022 energy crisis that threatened the end of the business. The charity&#8217;s energy costs had risen from 11p \/ kWh all the way up to 88p \/ kWh &#8211; an unsustainable fee for the leisure centre with its energy-hungry swimming pool, air conditioning, heat pumps and equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">Their first step was to look into where every single unit of energy was going &#8211; which helped them to reduce their energy consumption by a huge 50%. The next step was to get a large solar array from Good Energy Solar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\"><strong>The Solution: <\/strong>An optimised solar array, with payback in under four years<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">RiversMeet Active&#8217;s impressive solar installation comprises 528 solar panels, 264 SolarEdge optimisers, and 2 SolarEdge inverters. As a result, RiversMeet is projected to generate 253,282 KWh of power annually. This not only benefits the environment but translates into significant cost savings of nearly \u00a357,000 a year; helping the leisure centre to stay open and thriving for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">The Leisure Centre\u2019s projected payback period is under four years \u2013 showing that commercial solar panels really do make great commercial sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-brand-yellow-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/RiversMeet-Active.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l is--inner-block wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Good Energy have been brilliant. They understood our needs as a business and they didn&#8217;t really require my input on anything, which made my life easy. <br><br>&#8220;Solar panels have made a huge difference to our business here, helping us reduce our running costs. It was one of those where you think: why haven&#8217;t we done this sooner?&#8221;<br><br><strong>Jake Parry, General Manager, RiversMeet Active<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex is--inner-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is--inner-block\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/solar-case-studies\/riversmeet\/#video\">Watch the video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-bar wp-block has-dark-grey-background-color has-background alignwide\">\n        <div class=\"cta-bar__inner\">\n                    <h2 id=\"get-your-commercial-solar-quote-today\" class=\"cta-bar__heading\">Get your commercial solar quote today<\/h2>        \n                    <div class=\"cta-bar__content\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/commercial-solar-panels-for-businesses\/#enquiry-form\"  class=\"g-button\">\n                        <span class=\"link__text\">\n            Get a quote        <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the video The challenge: A leisure centre wanting greater control over their energy costs RiversMeet Leisure Centre is a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5121,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"cs-product":[99],"class_list":["post-5274","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leisure-tourism","cs-product-commercial-solar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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