More than 1,000 solar panels proposed for Scarborough Hospital
More than 1,000 solar panels could be installed on buildings at Scarborough Hospital as part of a net-zero strategy.
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking permission for the installation of 1,058 solar panels across the roofs of its Scarborough Hospital estate.
If approved, the panels would cover 2,1147m² of flat and pitched roofs and could save more than 72,638kg CO2 a year.
The average UK household emits around 6,000kg of CO2 annually, according to analysis by Heatable.
The proposed installation would support the trust’s targets of “achieving net zero carbon and assisting with their decarbonising agenda,” submitted plans state.
The proposed solar panels would be installed on a mixture of flat and pitched roof types.
On pitched roofs, the installations would not protrude further than 20cm from the surface of the sloped roof, and the panels would not be located within 1m of the roof perimeter of the eaves of the roof.
On flat roofs, the panels would be mounted on a framing system, with space beneath for sufficient air flow and would not protrude further than 1m above the highest surface of the roof, excluding any chimney.
The proposal states that the external surfaces of the glass of the panels are supplied with a “factory-fitted anti-reflective coating providing anti-glint and anti-glare protection”.
It adds that the coating prevents the reflection of light from the surface of the panel.
North Yorkshire Council has not set a date for deciding on the proposal.