Tesco inks UK's 'largest' corporate solar farm power purchase deal

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Tesco

Terms of 15-year deal will see retailer buy almost two-thirds of the electricity generated by the 373MW Cleve Hill solar park in Kent

Tesco has inked a major new deal to directly use almost two-thirds of the electricity generated at one of the UK's largest solar power projects, the retail giant announced today. Under the terms of...

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