Tag: Solar

A Windy Year With A Sustainable Success

Stuart Mitchell

Whilst wet and windy weather might not seem ideal for ice cream sales, Mackie’s of Scotland bucked the trend with a record-breaking year for both ice cream sales and renewable energy generation. During the last financial year (June 2023 – May 2024), Mackie’s produced a massive 10 million kWh of green energy from their diverse renewable energy portfolio, including four wind turbines, a bio-mass energy plant, and a 10-acre solar farm. The energy generated over this period was a record figure for their Aberdeenshire farm. This impressive feat not only…

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Octopus Energy electrifies Italy’s rooftop solar sector with new investment

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm electrifies Italy’s solar sector with a new investment to generate more clean, cheap power. Octopus is investing in rooftop solar developer Coralsun, a newly set up business by local entrepreneurs, to help rapidly scale this technology in Italy. Coralsun is set to create 150 MW of new solar projects in the next five years, with an initial focus on the north of Italy. They’re targeting hundreds of energy-hungry commercial and industrial SMEs, such as logistics hubs, manufacturers and warehouses, enabling them to soak up the sunshine…

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Octopus Energy rolls out innovative solar investment on French farms

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm announces a new solar investment that will save French farmers millions of euros, as it rapidly ramps up its green energy activity in the country. Octopus has added 100 rooftop solar projects on French farms to its portfolio through its acquisition of Sungen 10 from ELECO. Octopus will work with ELECO and local partners to build up to 100MW new rooftop solar projects at hundreds of French farms by 2030. The partners will build large sheds with solar panels on the rooftops on farmers’ land. Farmers…

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75% of the electricity used to make Britvic in Britain now comes from the sun

Stuart Mitchell

75% of the electricity now used to make Britvic soft drinks in Great Britain – from Fruit Shoot to Tango, Robinsons to J2O – is coming from a 160-acre solar farm in Northamptonshire. Providing clean energy to factories in Rugby, London and Leeds, the ten-year solar power agreement covers three quarters of Britvic’s electricity needs in this country – with the aim of reaching 100% solar powered operations in the near future. The solar site, commissioned in January 2024 and operational from today, will generate 3.1 Gigawatts of power, enough…

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V-TAC Launches Bi-Facial Solar Panels to Accelerate Energy Generation

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Energy company, V-TAC, has unveiled its bi-facial solar panels aimed at increasing energy production for solar energy users. Bi-facial solar panels have recently gained popularity due to their ability to capture sunlight from both sides, enhancing energy generation. V-TAC says its bi-facial solar panels offer a range of advantages to both installers and end users, demonstrating the company’s dedication to improving the clean energy industry. CEO and CO-Founder of V-TAC, Dinesh Sajnani, says these bi-facial solar panels are designed to set new standards in solar energy technology. He notes…

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