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A cutting edge project using waste heat to power Middlesbrough’s public buildings has been launched - with James Cook Hospital first in line to reap “significant” savings .
The £40m Middlesbrough District Energy Scheme will use excess heat from nearby industry and two energy plants with the aim of reducing the £4.5m a year energy bill at the hospital.
Backers then aim to roll out the project elsewhere in the town.
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen was confident “phase one” of the joint project between the Combined Authority, health bodies, Teesside University and Middlesbrough Council would be ready in the next two years.
He said: “The long term vision is to use this excess heat not only in public sector buildings but in homes and businesses and using it to massively reduce energy bills.
“The ultimate long term goal is to link up the whole of the town and other urban centres to the network - we are talking decades in the making of a comprehensive district energy scheme.”
The first phase of the scheme aims to save 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions at James Cook Hospital and slash energy bills.
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