Construction is underway on Rawcliffe Bridge Solar Farm, a major operation which will produce enough green electricity to power every leisure centre operated by the local authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state-of-the-art project located near Rawcliffe Bridge, is owned and managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and will generate 6 megawatts of electricity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once in operation, the solar farm will offset 1400 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of removing 950 cars from the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It supports the Council\u2019s key priority of Valuing the Environment by addressing climate change and contributes towards the council meeting its legally-binding net zero 2050 target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wildflower meadow and hedges will also be planted nearby to further biodiversity in the region and the possibility of installing a bee hive is also being explored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Paul West, East Riding of Yorkshire Council cabinet member for environment and transport, said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see this project under construction, which will play a key role in fulfilling our environmental obligations and benefitting the local environment in a cost effective manner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The project, located near Hull, will produce enough green electricity to power every leisure centre operated by the local authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":2639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[228,25],"tags":[29,38,189],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-riding-of-yorkshire","category-generalnews","tag-council","tag-east-riding-of-yorkshire","tag-environment"],"yoast_head":"\n