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A former landfill site is being transformed into a green energy innovation park – with work now underway at Elstow in Bedfordshire, England.
Bedford Borough Council was awarded more than £1.8 million from the South East Midlands Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) Getting Building Fund in 2020, enabling plans for the all-new Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park to become a reality.
Work to cap the closed 30 ha. site with clay began in 2020 and the site is soon set to become home to more than 1800 solar panels, which will generate and supply onsite buildings and local businesses with low carbon, clean energy.
Construction teams are on site and at work and to date 120 000 t of materials have been brought onto the site for the capping works, now underway. Once the capping works are completed a platform will be formed for the installation of the solar panels.