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The UK’s largest newly-built national museum for more than a century will be powered by advanced renewable and energy efficient technologies.

A state-of-the-art combined heat and power (CHP) system will be installed at the £72m Museum of Liverpool using ‘trigeneration’ technology, which creates highly efficient heat, electricity and cooling.

The technology will guarantee annual energy savings of more than £500,000 and reduce carbon emissions by 884 tonnes each year – equivalent to the environmental benefit of 88,400 trees.

Greater Manchester based ENER-G was commissioned by National Museums Liverpool (NML) to design and install the new CHP system at the Mann Island site. The installation will be completed by spring, ahead of the museum’s opening next year.

Tony Allen, NML executive director of finance, said: ‘The new Museum of Liverpool will be a future landmark for the city’s world-famous waterfront, so it is vital that it has modern and efficient energy facilities and systems at its core.’

The building housing the CHP plant will also become an educational resource, thanks to a visitor facility allowing groups to learn about the technology and its contribution to the museum’s sustainability.

The new museum, which will replace the former Museum of Liverpool Life, will showcase popular culture while tackling social, historical and contemporary issues.