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Amazon hails 3.4MW solar project atop Tilbury fulfilment centre as its largest in Europe

October 2, 2020
A 3.4MW solar system has been installed at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Tilbury in its latest move towards a 2040 net zero.
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Hive Energy begins construction on ‘milestone’ 13MW subsidy-free solar park

September 30, 2020
Hive Energy has begun construction on a 13MW subsidy-free solar park in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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Swindon Borough Council signs PPA with Total for Chapel Farm solar site

September 30, 2020
Swindon Borough Council has launched a solar offset scheme, signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Total Gas and Power.
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Elgin Energy to develop 38MW solar farm in Kettering

September 30, 2020
Elgin Energy is to develop a 38MW solar farm on the site of a former Second World War airfield in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
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Over 1GW of new solar farms added to UK pipeline during September

September 30, 2020
Solar Media’s Finlay Colville tracks the ‘frantic pace’ with which developers and planners of solar sites continue to operate.
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Solar PV high on the list of attractive features for new homeowners

September 29, 2020
Homes with sustainable solutions such as solar panels are more attractive to buyers than those with gardens according to new research.
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Egni Co-op partners Pembrokeshire County Council for school solar project

September 28, 2020
Egni Co-op has completed a project to place solar panels on six schools roofs in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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So Energy Solar System launches as company aims to ‘go further’

September 25, 2020
Challenger supplier So Energy has launched a solar and storage offering called the So Energy Solar System.
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Q&A: Engenera’s Lloyd Lawson on the company’s new £100m Green Bond

September 24, 2020
Solar Power Portal caught up with Lloyd Lawson from EPC Engenera about the launch of the Green Bond and the benefits businesses could see from working with them.
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Foresight forms joint venture with Elgin for 200MW of UK solar

September 23, 2020
Foresight Group and Elgin Energy are to develop 200MW of UK solar PV as part of a new partnership.

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