Army’s Solar Farms Support Commitment to Sustainability
The British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport.
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7 April 2021
To support the government’s commitment to meeting Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, the British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport (
DST), Leconfield.
The solar array is the first of four pilot sites delivered as part of Project PROMETHEUS to increase renewable energy across the defence estate.
Spanning approximately four hectares, Centrica Business Solutions started construction of the 2.3MW solar farm earlier this year. Thirty employees are working on the project, installing 4,248 Trina Vertex panels, which is predicted to supply the
Source: United Kingdom â Ministry of Defence
To support the governmentâs commitment to meeting Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, the British Army will launch defenceâs first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield.
The solar array is the first of four pilot sites delivered as part of Project PROMETHEUS to increase renewable energy across the defence estate.
Spanning approximately four hectares, Centrica Business Solutions started construction of the 2.3MW solar farm earlier this year. Thirty employees are working on the project, installing 4,248 Trina Vertex panels, which is predicted to supply the DST with one third of its electricity needs.
Click the thumbs up >Centrica is providing a package of charging installations, aftersales services and infrastructure planning across the homes of ABB UK employees as it transitions to electrify its fleet by 2025.
ABB UK identified that business mileage was the second highest contributor to carbon emissions in 2019. Once the transition to an all-electric fleet is completed, the company estimates its carbon footprint could be reduced by around 20%.
ABB is a Centrica preferred supplier of AC home charging hardware, and ABB Terra charging hardware will be used exclusively for the project.
“To ensure ABB colleagues are able to charge cost effectively, we’ve begun to roll out ABB Terra home charging points to company car drivers,” said Jorge Pikunic, managing director of Centrica Business Solutions.