ALMOST £70,000 has been raised over the last four years through solar panels on the roof of Rossendale Council.
In 2012 the authority installed the panels on the roof of its Futures Park Offices.
Based on this rate the council will have paid for its installation just after October 2019 meaning the £112,000 investment will be retuned back in six years and nine months.
Phil Seddon, the council’s head of finance and property services, said: “It is excellent news that our investment in solar panels paying off so well.
“We are committed to energy saving measures and we see the importance of realising savings for the council through our energy usage.
“As we move forward into tighter budgets the savings these panels are bringing cannot be underestimated.”
The Civic Hall and Whitworth Leisure Centre had solar panels fitted in 2016.
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