Solar panels and water pumps across Gateshead could heat more than 1,000 homes, two schools, and several public buildings by 2030.
The Gateshead Energy Company, following a government grant of £5.9m, is close to completing a six-megawatt mine water heat pump at the Shearlings Road depot. The firm has also created three boreholes in the Baltic Quarter where 140 litres of mine water can be extracted, heated, and converted into energy.
Two solar parks, one near the Baltic and another adjacent to Gateshead stadium, are also nearing completion thanks to £3m of government grants. Once combined and both operational they will generate 3.6 megawatts for public buildings.
