Veolia seeks to turn rubbish dump into solar farm
Plans submitted for 38MW solar array at disused clay quarry and landfill site
Waste management firm Veolia and REG Solarpower have teamed up in a bid to turn a disused quarry and landfill site in Essex into a giant solar farm Veolia's Ockendon site includes a mothballed clay...
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