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Maker of Cathedral City cheese has agreed 30-year power purchase agreement

Firm to take on 17 new solar project sites that will power the equivalent of 220,000 homes

Assets acquired for an undisclosed amount include the CfD-backed 14.4MW Charity Farm in Shropshire, but is largely comprised of projects backed by Renewable Obligation Certificates, companies said.

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Developer to provide solar power direct to Ibstock Brick in deal that should provide factory with around 30 per cent of its annual power demand

Trial marks the first time a UK solar farm has provided a reactive power balancing service to the electricity grid at night, developer claims

2.3MW Lancashire site is now providing power to glass manufacturer NSG Group

Dominic Emery, VP for strategic planning at BP, suggests sizeable chunk of firm's existing oil and gas resources could remain in the ground as it invests in new business models

Lightsource BP will build out the UK's largest unsubsidised solar installation to provide green power to make Budweiser beer