{"id":55223,"date":"2021-03-12T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newangliagrowthhub.co.uk\/?p=54865"},"modified":"2021-07-13T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T12:32:39","slug":"funding-approved-for-solar-carports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Approved For Solar Carports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Approval has been granted for funding to support solar carports in Babergh and Mid Suffolk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n

The Cabinets of Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have approved more than \u00a3600,000 for pilot solar carport schemes at two of their leisure centres.<\/p>\n

The funding is in addition to \u00a3800,000 from HM Government\u2019s Getting Building Fund, awarded by New Anglia LEP in 2020.<\/p>\n

The infrastructure will be installed in the car parks at Kingfisher Leisure Centre in Sudbury, and Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket, with works due to be completed by Spring 2022.<\/p>\n

It will enable the councils to produce energy through solar panels to help run the leisure centres, as well as provide battery storage, and a number of electric vehicle charging points.<\/p>\n

Cllr Jessica Fleming, Mid Suffolk District Council\u2019s cabinet member for environment, said: \u201cApproval of this project with match funding from Government reduces the carbon footprint around our leisure centres which are one of our highest emitters, and takes us closer to meeting our ambition of carbon neutrality. Using our own assets to generate electricity provides us with an opportunity to make best use of available space and to set an example for others to follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cEncouraging sustainable travel and improving air quality in the district will help to support a greener future and vision for our key towns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cllr Elisabeth Malvisi, Babergh District Council\u2019s cabinet member for environment, said: \u201cThe introduction of solar carport technology in Sudbury really demonstrates our forward-looking approach for our towns. We want to see them thrive, and lead the way when it comes to clean growth and tech \u2013 and this is one of the ways we\u2019re doing just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuffolk, and Babergh, are a natural fit for solar, receiving more sun hours on average than the rest of the UK. I hope this project will help to ensure Babergh continues to be a place people are proud to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full planning application and procurement for a contractor to carry out the works is expected later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For free, one-to-one business support, call us on 0300 333 6536 or get in touch using our contact form<\/p>\n

Sharpen your skills, enhance your network and give your business the tools to grow at our free workshops<\/p>\n

Stay in the loop with our newsletter<\/h2>\n

Sign up to receive updates from the Growth Hub on funding opportunities, business news, upcoming events and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Approval has been granted for funding to support solar carports in Babergh and Mid Suffolk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-post-types","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nFunding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approval has been granted for funding to support solar carports in Babergh and Mid Suffolk.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Anglia Growth Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-12T12:11:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-13T12:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jess Winlow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jess Winlow\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/\",\"name\":\"Funding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-12T12:11:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-13T12:32:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/7973a91fd77e8949efa0249f831a2cae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funding Approved For Solar Carports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/\",\"name\":\"New Anglia Growth Hub\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/7973a91fd77e8949efa0249f831a2cae\",\"name\":\"Jess Winlow\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jess Winlow\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/author\/jess-winlow\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Funding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Funding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub","og_description":"Approval has been granted for funding to support solar carports in Babergh and Mid Suffolk.","og_url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/","og_site_name":"New Anglia Growth Hub","article_published_time":"2021-03-12T12:11:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-13T12:32:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jess Winlow","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jess Winlow","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/","name":"Funding Approved For Solar Carports - New Anglia Growth Hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png","datePublished":"2021-03-12T12:11:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-13T12:32:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/7973a91fd77e8949efa0249f831a2cae"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Funding-Approved-For-Solar-Carports.png","width":400,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/funding-approved-for-solar-carports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Funding Approved For Solar Carports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/","name":"New Anglia Growth Hub","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/7973a91fd77e8949efa0249f831a2cae","name":"Jess Winlow","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jess Winlow"},"url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/author\/jess-winlow\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55392,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55223\/revisions\/55392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/newanglia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}