NHS Humber Health Partnership say they’ll “soon have what we believe to be the largest array of solar panels in the NHS”.
Over the coming months, they’re installing further panels across sites in Hull, Grimsby, Cottingham, Scunthorpe, and Goole, taking the total to over 24,000.
Together they will generate around 12mwp a year – enough to power up to 12,000 homes – helping to power the hospitals and reduce energy bills by around £1.8 million a year across NHS Humber Health Partnership.
Group Deputy Director of Capital Services and Sustainability, Alex Best, said:
“We have received significant funding over the last year, totalling £16 million, which is supporting our Net Zero ambitions. Our aim has always been to generate enough electricity to make our sites self-sufficient.
“Once the new panels are in place, they will enable us to run Castle Hill, Hull Royal Infirmary and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital solely on solar power during daylight hours from May to September. We are also actively funding battery schemes to capture any surplus energy we generate.
“It’s incredible to think that the majority of the power we need to provide life-saving care to communities on both sides of the Humber will be self-generated, green electricity.”
As part of this work, planning permission has just been granted to install 418 panels on the roof of the Women’s and Children’s building at Hull Royal, as well as adding further panels to the new plant room on the site.
But the panels are not only being installed on roofs. They’re also installing car ports in many of the staff and public car parks, which will have solar panels mounted on top.
