Leicester activates solar car park canopies

Cllr Adam Clarke opens Leicester`s new solar car park canopies

Cllr Adam Clarke opens Leicester`s new solar car park canopies

Two canopies covered with solar panels onto the roof of Leicester’s Newarke Street car park have been completed. The canopies cover the roof of car park, with the existing parking spaces retained beneath them.

The project has seen around 360 square metres of solar panels installed as part of Leicester City Council’s work to reduce its carbon footprint and provide renewable energy to power the machines, lights, cameras and other facilities at the car park, as well as other local...