Triodos Bank backs 10MW Essex solar farm with £4.1m loan

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Credit: Triodos Bank UK

The ethical bank's financing is designed to enable Fair Play Clean Energy to 'recycle capital into future renewable energy deelopments'

Fair Play Clean Energy has secured a £4.1m loan from Triodos Bank to refinance a 10MW solar farm in Essex, in a deal designed to enable the firm to "recycle capital into future renewable energy developments"....

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