Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Birmingham to get cheaper energy bills through clean power upgrade

Outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Preet Kaur Gill MP has welcomed the news that Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency are to get a clean energy upgrade, cutting bills and delivering savings for the taxpayer.  

The funding, provided by the Labour Government, will allow Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the University of Birmingham to make savings on their energy bills and allow more to be spent on delivering the services people rely on.  

More than £14 million has been awarded to the Acute Building at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to pay for a heat pump. The Acute Building delivers a range of outpatient, diagnostic and day surgery services. 

£1.96 million has also been granted to install a heat pump at the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Biomedical Research. 

This forms part of £84 million package for the region, for measures including heat pumps, solar panels, and energy efficiency, helping to make Britain energy secure as part of the Plan for Change. 

The scheme will deliver an estimated £650 million in savings for UK taxpayers every year on average over the next 12 years.  

This follows Great British Energy’s first major project to put solar panels on around 200 schools and 200 NHS sites, including sites in the West Midlands, helping them to reinvest savings on their energy bills in teaching and healthcare.  

Preet Kaur Gill, MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston said:  

“This funding will deliver the benefits of clean power to communities across my constituency of Birmingham, Edgbaston and the wider West Midlands, through cheaper bills and more money for our public services. 

“Labour is delivering the clean power system that will ensure families, businesses and the services we rely on have energy security and lower bills for good."  

Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh said:  

“We’re delivering a clean energy upgrade for communities - from schools to museums to galleries and swimming pools – helping to rebuild vital public services as part of the Plan for Change.  

“This investment will see local communities benefit from our sprint to clean power, with warm public buildings run more affordably and taxpayer money spent on vital services.”  

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Notes to Editors:

● Decarbonising the public sector with low carbon heating and energy efficiency measures will save the public sector an estimated £650 million per year on average to 2037. The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is contributing towards delivering these savings for public sector organisations