After an initial outlay of 3 8 million the solar panels will make the council around 6 4 million over 20 years.
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Tenants whose homes are potentially suitable for free solar panels are being contacted this week.
Any electricity tenants don t use will be sold back to the national grid as part.
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Combined with rapidly rising electricity prices this means even better returns and quicker payback time for high energy using homes and businesses.
Solar panels have now been installed on 1 003 council homes across leeds marking the completion of the project.
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The council said the project was only possible due.
The idea is being developed by leeds city council in partnership with locally based social enterprise ces and would mean greatly reduced electricity bills for 1 000 homes in the city.
After an initial outlay of 3 8 million the solar panels will make the council around 6 4 million over 20 years and tenants could also save around 4 4 million in electricity costs over the same period working out at around 136 a year for each tenant.
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