'Freezing its foods with the power of the sun': Iceland Foods strikes solar deal with Octopus Energy

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Power Purchase Agreement will see frozen food supermarket supplied with renewable energy for the next 10 years from the Breach solar farm in Cambridgeshire

Iceland Foods has struck a power purchase deal with Octopus Energy that will see the food retailer receive 64GWh of renewable electricity each year from a solar farm in Cambridgeshire, it announced today....

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