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Aug 2021
Plans to install 1,000 solar panels on roof of Harrogate Convention Centre
Harrogate Borough Council has submitted plans to install 1,077 solar panels on the roofs of several buildings at Harrogate Convention Centre.
The council, which owns the centre, applied for planning permission last week. It's unclear when the application will be heard or when construction could start.
According to planning documents, the scheme will be fully funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy‘s public sector decarbonisation scheme.
The scheme provides grants for public sector bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.
The council has appointed French utility company Engie as contractor for the project.
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It follows a similar planning application by the council to install 420 solar panels at the Hydro in Harrogate, which was also funded by the public sector decarbonisation scheme.
At the time the council said that it had "ambitious plans" to make sure its operations and buildings were clean, efficient and had a net zero carbon economy by 2038.
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