A £12 million grant has been secured to help fund a new green energy centre in Goole.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is developing a plant that could allow homes and businesses to ditch oil and gas in favour of cleaner, cheaper energy.
Goole Green Heat Network is one of seven low carbon projects to share a pot of £91 million. It is designed to extract waste heat from a nearby manufacturing plant and pump it to residents and businesses in the area. If approved, construction could begin early next year, with supply anticipated before 2024 closes.
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Alan Menzies, executive director of planning and economic regeneration at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “We declared a climate emergency back in 2021 which has placed a significant focus on sustainability and climate change across the organisation.
“The supply of cleaner, lower cost heat will not only reduce the council's carbon emissions through the supply to a number of our buildings but also allow for residents and businesses to receive a financial saving, which at such a difficult time in the energy market, is vital.
“The Green Heat Network Fund award is warmly received by the council and will ensure that our taxpayers money goes further.”
It is hoped the nine projects will encourage more schemes across the country to follow suit, helping to phase out fossil fuels and moving the UK further towards its 2050 carbon net zero target.
In Goole alone, a total of 322,000 tonnes of CO2 could be saved over a 40 year period. The scheme is described as being at too early a stage to determine the exact location, or whether the heat network would run alongside traditional supply. It would potentially take in both new and existing properties.
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