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17/10/2014

1,000 Homes In Greater Manchester Fitted With New Solar Panels

Solar panels have been donated to a furniture recycling charity as part of a project to green 4,500 homes in Greater Manchester.

2nd Generation Furnishings in Stalybridge has been given the green makeover to mark the landmark of 1,000 homes in Tameside being fitted with solar panels in the borough.

The installation at the charity is part of an international deal worth more than £18 million between Taiwanese solar company GES, a Neo Solar Panel group company, and housing association New Charter Housing Trust Group.
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The contract is believed to be the first solar licensed deal of its type and the biggest solar project for a housing association in the UK. It will help save tenants around £40 million in reduced electricity bills and save nearly 133,500 tonnes of carbon over the next 25 years.

2nd Generation Furnishings is supported by New Charter Housing Trust which owns the green charity’s Stalybridge building. The charity recycles furniture to sell at a low cost to people unable to furnish their homes.

(CD/MH)

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