The £1.4m project would see 30 schools generating their own renewable energy.
Solar panels could be installed on 30 schools to cut energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
The £1.4m project would see the panels installed at schools in Scunthorpe to provide them with renewable energy, said North Lincolnshire Council. The first planning applications for solar panels at three schools have been submitted to the council.Plans to install panels at Bottesford Junior School, Frederick Gough School and Berkeley Primary School are the first to be submitted to the council.
Three further schools are also due to be in the first wave of installations, with work also planned for St Hugh's School, Holme Valley Primary School and Priory Lane Community School. After the solar panels are installed on school and college roofs across Scunthorpe, the council plans to roll out the scheme to all of North Lincolnshire's schools and other community buildings, according to the
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