Bedford Independent
SEMLEP’s site visit to Bedford Green Technology & Innovation Park
1,800 solar panels are being installed at a new green innovation park that is transforming a former landfill site in Elstow, Bedfordshire.
The Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park will sit on a 30-hectare site and is planned to be completed in early 2022.
Work has commenced on the site after Bedford Borough Council was awarded more than £1.8million from the South East Midlands Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) Getting Building Fund last year, enabling plans for the all-new Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park to become a reality.
Work to cap the closed 30-hectare site with clay began last year and the 1,800 solar panels will generate and supply onsite buildings and local businesses with low carbon, clean energy.