Army’s first solar-powered base to save £1m and reduce emissions
MoD’s Project Prometheu aims to increase the use of renewable energy and is due to be completed this spring
7 April 2021 • 6:00am
The British Army is to go green with its first ever training base powered by the sun.
The Army on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm will be constructed at the Defence School of Transport (DST) in Normandy Barracks, Leconfield.
The solar array is the first of four pilot sites being delivered as part of the MoD’s Project Prometheus, which aims to increase renewable energy across the Defence Estate and is due to be completed this spring.
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