National Trust to invest £30m in renewable energy sources
by Emma Howard from on (#DDXM)
Europe's largest conservation organisation to use solar, biomass and hydro power to supply half its energy needs for its estates, historic houses and palaces
The National Trust is to invest 30m in solar panels, woodchip boilers and innovative technology that can extract heat from a lake, in a bid to supply half of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2020.
The significant investment in renewable power by Europe's largest conservation organisation is an eightfold increase on the 3.5m the trust has already invested in five pilot green projects.
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