Jaguar Land Rover switches on solar farm to power Warwickshire headquarters

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Jaguar Land Rover

Solar farm covering equivalent of 36 football pitches to provide 18MW of electricity capacity at Jaguar Land Rover's Gaydon headquarters

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has switched on a new solar farm covering an area the the size of 36 football pitches at its Gaydon headquarters in Warwickshire, which is expected to provide enough electricity...

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