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BBC News
6 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Work starts on Scunthorpe Hospital solar panel covered car park
Work has started to build a car park covered with solar panels at Scunthorpe carports will replace the existing staff car park and provide 450 is part of a £27m project to reduce the hospital's carbon emissions by more than 4,000 tonnes a work includes replacing gas-powered heating boilers with electric ones and improving insulation across the site. More than £20m of the money came from the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Best from the NHS Humber Health Partnership said the NHS made up "more than 5% of the UK's total carbon footprint"."We know we're a significant part of the problem," he said."That also gives us the chance to play a big part in putting it right."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hospitals awarded funding for solar power work
Hospitals in Hull and northern Lincolnshire have been awarded grants to help them carry out major solar power projects. The investment of £8.5m by state-owned Great British Energy will enable rooftop panels and solar car ports to be installed at Hull Royal Infirmary, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby and Scunthorpe General Hospital. The investment was announced by the government on Friday. Alex Best, of NHS Humber Health Partnership, said solar ports would be installed in the Argyle Street car park as well as in smaller car parks at Hull Royal Infirmary. "We will be putting panels on roofs wherever possible – starting with the women's and children's building," he said. "Together, these panels will generate estimated savings of more than £635,000 a year." According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, solar panels will be installed on the roof of the Grimsby hospital and just over £1m will go to Scunthorpe General Hospital. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Schools and hospitals get £180m solar investment Plans for new solar farm by River Hull Great British Energy NHS Humber Health Partnership Local Democracy Reporting Service
