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5:14 PM February 19, 2021
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5:16 PM February 19, 2021
Permission has been granted for a new solar park and battery storage system on a former landfill site in Stanground.
- Credit: Energy Investment Unit
Planning permission has been granted for a “forward-thinking” solar park and battery storage system project on a former landfill site.
The park, which will generate the energy equivalent to producing enough electricity to power 700 homes, will be based in Stanground near Whittlesey.
The old landfill site was formally closed in 1992 and remained in Cambridgeshire County Council’s ownership as an ongoing waste management liability.
Cllr Mark Goldsack, chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council’s commercial and investment committee said: “I am delighted this forward-thinking project has been approved.
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New Delhi, January 14, 2021: Thales and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Government of India enterprise, have signed a Teaming Agreement to work in partnership on the STARStreak Air Defence system with the support of both the Governments of India and the United Kingdom.
The Teaming Agreement was signed by Thales and BDL in the presence of UK and Indian Government representatives in a virtual ceremony on January 13th 2021.
The representatives from the UK who witnessed the signature included Jeremy Quin (Minister for Defence Procurement) and Mark Goldsack (Head of UK Defence & Security Exports). From India, the Director General Army Air Defence and representative from Army Design Bureau, Indian Army, witnessed the ceremony.
Defence PSU Bharat Dynamics Ltd and Thales have signed a Teaming Agreement to work in partnership on the STARStreak Air Defence system, with the support of the Governments of India and the UK. N P Diw