The 50-hectare site, which will be run by private firm Banks Renewables, will eventually generate enough energy to fuel 12,000 local homes. Speaking at a meeting of the council’s climate emergency advisory committee on Monday, senior councillor Helen Hayden said similar parks could be created elsewhere.She warned however that suitable publicly-owned sites, such as those once used for landfill or mining, were at a premium.Solar energy farms could be built on contaminated land across Leeds (Stock image: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire)Councillor Hayden, who is the authority’s executive member for infrastructure and climate change, said: “We are looking at land that can’t be used for housing and can’t be used for agriculture – contaminated land – for solar farms, to provide Leeds City Council’s energy use.“We are actively looking at that. That’s the type of land we should…
Leeds Council could build solar energy farms on contaminated land across the city
