The Byron Central Hospital with have a 720-kilowatt system and will be the largest rooftop-mounted PV installation on the north coast. Photo supplied.
The roof of Byron Central Hospital will soon be covered in photovoltaic (PV) panels, harnessing energy from the sun to provide more than half of the hospital’s annual electricity usage.
The 720 kilowatt system will be the largest rooftop-mounted PV installation on the north coast, and the first of its kind for a hospital in the region.
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) Director, Corporate Services, Matt Long, said the project will deliver significant reductions in greenhouses gases, as well as cost savings over the life of the system. ‘The feasibility study indicated changing to renewable energy at Byron Central Hospital will offset the equivalent of 940 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.
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