Iceland Foods' solar schemes to generate more than 3MW of clean power

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Iceland Foods

Company's Swindon and Deeside distribution centres to generate enough electricity to power an average Iceland store for nearly six years, as first phase of PPA comes online

Iceland Foods has revealed that two of its distribution centres are on track to generate 3MW of solar electricity and cut the frozen food retailer's carbon footprint by 550 tonnes of CO2 in their first...

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