How Anesco delivered the UK's first subsidy-free solar farm

Madeleine Cuff
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Developer sheds some light on how it made subsidy-free solar a commercial venture in the UK

To the untrained eye, it looks like any other solar farm. In fact, it looks just like the one right next door, thousands of silvery panels glinting in the early autumn sunshine. But the UK's newest...

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