GRIDSERVE snaps up Clayhill Solar Farm to support EV charging push

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Deal will see GRIDSERVE harness power from the UK's first unsubsidised solar farm for use at its first electric vehicle charging site in Essex

The UK's first solar farm developed without government subsidy, Clayhill in Bedfordshire, changed hands yesterday with developer Anesco selling it to UK green energy firm GRIDSERVE for an undisclosed sum....

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