By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s solar farm at Crewe may be able to supply energy to the rebuilt Leighton Hospital in the future, a councillor has said.
The 4.1mw farm was built to provide the majority of the electricity required by the council’s compost plant at Leighton, which is operated by a contractor Biowise.
Cheshire East Council is to start work on a large-scale solar farm near Leighton Hospital which will generate renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.
The 4.1 megawatt solar farm – enough to power about 1,200 houses – is being built on land next to the composting plant in Leighton Grange Farm in Crewe.
By Stephen Topping
A plant which will turn food and green waste into compost is set to be built near Leighton Hospital after councillors gave it the go-ahead.
Biowise has been given planning permission to build the plant on land off Middlewich Road – just 1.3km away from the hospital, and 500m away from the nearest homes.
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