'Our college clean energy campus will power Liverpool's £5.5bn regeneration scheme'

Summary

In the 19th century they were the logistical heart of the industrial revolution, a bustling global trading engine handling colossal volumes of coal, timber, raw cotton and grain. Now making up the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters regeneration project which promises new jobs, businesses and homes, the historic docklands in the north of the city are home to what city leaders hope will be pioneering efforts to harness the power of clean energy in the 21st century.

Next month sees the official opening of City of Liverpool College's multi-million pound clean energy centre, opening up training opportunities across renewable energy, sustainable construction and clean technology for hundreds of students a year. Read more: Cardiff Parkway train station project in £30m Budget funding boost Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, the centre will power the entire Liverpool Waters campus through solar, wind and battery storage, giving students hands-on experience with the technology behind the region's growing clean energy sector.

Describing the site, college principal Elaine Bowker tells the Northern Agenda newsletter: "What's brilliant about it is the building is the curriculum. So students are not working with a mini wind turbine, students are not working with solar panels on a rig on the floor, which is happening in every other college.

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