by Nikki Brown | Oct 18, 2022 | Natural Environment
The winners of the first round of Greater Manchester’s Green Spaces Fund were announced by Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham at the Greater Manchester Green Summit on Monday 17 October. Almost £400,000 has been awarded across 21 community schemes throughout...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 8, 2022 | Smart Energy
Plans for a 27-acre solar farm on green belt land between Rochdale and Heywood have been given the go-ahead. The site, which will generate 4,500-megawatt hours of electricity per year, is to be installed on greenbelt fields south of Chamber House Farm, off Rochdale...
by Nikki Brown | Jul 29, 2022 | Retrofitting, Sustainable Development
A Greater Manchester based housing association, First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), has secured a £95m funding package from Santander UK to support its development programme and improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. The funding from Santander UK enables FCHO,...
by Ryan Johns | Mar 28, 2022 | Natural Environment
Rochdale Borough Council have announced a new tree planting programme which will see the borough become cleaner and greener with the planting of nearly 3,000 trees. Planting will begin to see 2,930 trees planted across Rochdale in Greater Manchester, with plans to...
by Andy Parkinson | Oct 29, 2021 | Smart Energy, Transport
Hammerstone Road Depot, which is home to Manchester’s refuse collection vehicles, is set to undergo improvement works in preparation of Manchester City Council’s fleet of refuse vehicles going zero emissions. Once home to the railway manufacturers Beyer and Peacock,...
