Saughton Park, the UK's First Fully-powered Green Space

That the Parliament congratulates Edinburgh’s Saughton Park on becoming the UK’s first fully eco-powered greenspace thanks to support from SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund; notes that the system in Saughton Park uses unique micro-hydro technology on the Water of Leith, generating electricity for all the park’s needs, including the running of two ground-source heat pump systems, providing heat for the park’s glasshouse, buildings and café, which will reopen once lockdown restrictions ease, and commends the way in which this innovative project will allow the local community to fully benefit from the new technology, with over £18,000 being saved each year in energy costs being re-invested in the park to create new educational and social facilities for locals to enjoy.