York solar panel plans for university sports centre

The University of York has applied to install 198 solar panels on the roof of the sports centre in its Heslington campus.

Its application lodged with City of York Council stated the panels would generate an estimated roughly 91 kilowatt-peak (kWp) in power.

Solar panels would be installed on the roof of York Sports Centre, in James Way, if the council approves them.

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They would mostly be flat and would sit at 25cm above the roof at their highest point.

The panels would feature anti-reflective coating to help increase the amount of light absorbed into the cells.

Each bifacial double glass module solar panel would be capable of generating up to 590W.

Plans for the panels follow a separate application from the university to install eight welcome signs at key locations across its West and East campuses.

Plans showing solar panels of the roof of York Sports Centre, in James Way, at the University of York’s Campus West in Heslington (Image: University of York/City of York Council planning portal)

The university stated the signs were designed to reinforce campus identity and improve wayfinding but its plans have been withdrawn following their submission in January.

Council planning officers stated in early June they would take no further action on the plans.

An application lodged by the university to install a sculpture by a 20th Century British artist in its grounds was approved in April.

The university applied to put Michael Kenny’s work Original Sin in its campus grounds between Derwent College and Heslington Hall.