Manchester’s solar-powered bus shelter plan gets green light

11 April 2007

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority has given the go ahead for the region’s first solar-powered bus shelters.
The authority has released £100,000 to fit new solar-powered lighting systems to 49 bus shelters across the region. Roof-mounted solar panels will generate electricity during the day, which will be stored in batteries and used to light the bus shelters at night. It is estimated that the plan will cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 13t of carbon dioxide a year.
Cllr Andrew Fender, chair of the authority’s policy committee, said: ‘Solar-powered bus shelters might sound like an odd idea for an area of the country where it rains a lot, but they don’t need direct sunlight to be effective.
‘They work by storing energy during the day and using it for lighting at night.’

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