Milestones provide further evidence of UK solar surge

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TGC Renewables latest to lodge planning application for solar farm, as Solarstrom brings online 33MW facility

The surge in new solar parks across the UK continued to gather pace this week with two major new projects reaching important milestones. Solar PV module supplier Trina Solar reported today that it has...

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