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May 2023
Two Harrogate primary schools to install solar panels
Rossett Acre Primary School and Oatlands Junior School are to install solar panels on their roofs to generate renewable energy.
Plans were approved by North Yorkshire Council this week to install the technology under permitted development rules, which don't require full planning applications.
Rossett Acre will see around 120 panels installed with a capacity to generate up to 50.90 kWp of renewable electricity.
Around 48 panels will be installed at Oatlands with a capacity to generate up to 20.40 kWp.
Schools have been particularly affected by the rise in energy bills with the National Education Union warning last year that children’s education could suffer as headteachers face extra cost pressures.
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From April, the government extended its energy support for schools by a further 12 months but it only applies to those paying the highest gas and electricity rates.
Both Oatlands and Rossett Acre are part of the Red Kite Learning Trust. Its estates manager Samantha Shuttleworth wrote in planning documents about both applications:
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