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The UK’s first floating solar panel system has been installed on a reservoir at Sheeplands Farm, Berkshire Photo: Floating Solar UK Ltd
Emily Gosden, UK Telegraph 29 Sep 2014
Green energy developer says new floating technology is even more lucrative than solar farms on fields
They have become a familiar sight on rooftops and fields across Britain. Now, solar panels are set to start appearing in a new and surprising location: floating on reservoirs.
Britain’s first ever floating solar panel project has just been built in Berkshire, in a scheme its developer claims will act as a blueprint for the technology to be installed at hundreds of sites across the country.
The 800-panel green energy project was installed earlier this month on a reservoir at Sheeplands Farm, a 300-acre soft fruit farm near Wargrave.
The scheme is eligible for renewable electricity subsidies, which are funded by energy bill-payers...
MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/solarpower/11110547/Britains-first-floating-solar-panel-project-installed.html
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