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Hinksey pool in Oxford, one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in the south of England, is about to get £1.6 million to be greener.
The cash grant will allow the pool to power its site using a local heat network, consisting of water source heat pumps, batteries and thermal storage.
The money comes from £10.9 million in funding from the BEIS Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund, given to Oxford City Council to reduce carbon dioxide emissions across its building portfolios.
The local authority will spend a total of £9.3 million to replace gas boilers with heat pumps in five of the local authority’s biggest carbon-emitting sites and invest in a local solar farm.