Airbus inks deal to power half of UK sites with renewable electricity

Michael Holder
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Credit: Airbus

Aerospace giant signs two power purchase agreements with TotalEnergies, securing it 200MW of new renewable power capacity

Airbus has struck a deal to source enough renewable electricity from TotalEnergies to cover half the aerospace manufacturer's electricity needs across all of its major sites in both the UK and Germany....

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