Bristol shines with £47m solar scheme

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City aims to become UK's "solar power capital" with 1GW installed by 2020

Plans in Bristol for a £47m solar rooftop programme have taken a major step forward, after the Mayor gave the green light for the first phase of the scheme earlier this month. Mayor George Ferguson...

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