Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded more than £850,000 to install solar panels on three of its sites, including Southport Hospital and Ormskirk Hospital.
The Trust will receive £851,400 in Government funding after the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero recently announced a package of more than £100 million from Great British Energy for the NHS across the UK to install solar power and battery storage solutions to help drive down energy bills.
Now the funding has been agreed plans are being made for the installation of the new panels during 2025 at Southport, Ormskirk and Whiston hospitals.
MWL is already benefiting from solar panels which were placed at St Helens Hospital last year and are already helping the Trust save on energy costs while reducing its carbon footprint and we look forward to these further developments this year.
Chris Gormley, chief sustainability officer at NHS England, said:
“Thanks to the dedication of teams nationwide, the NHS has already implemented hundreds of projects that enhance energy efficiency and drive significant cost savings.
“This ground-breaking new investment, across 78 NHS trusts on around 200 sites, will expand solar power generation within the NHS by over 300 per cent, slashing energy costs by hundreds of millions of pounds. These vital savings can be reinvested directly into frontline care, ensuring the NHS continues to deliver for our patients and communities.”
It is envisaged that work will start on the Ormskirk site first in the summer with the Southport project to follow later in the year.
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