Lightsource BP to kickstart construction of £40m Nottinghamshire solar farm

Michael Holder
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The South Creake solar farm in Suffolk | Credit: Lightsource BP
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The South Creake solar farm in Suffolk | Credit: Lightsource BP

Renewable energy developer's largest UK solar project to date set to begin generating power from later next year

Lightsource BP is to kickstart construction of a 61MW solar farm in Nottinghamshire next month, marking the renewable energy developer's largest solar project to date in the UK. The UK-based firm revealed...

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