UK's first subsidy-free solar farm opens as National Grid hails 'greenest' summer for UK energy

[ALEO Admin]

The UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm was officially opened on 26 September by Climate Change Minister Claire Perry.

The 45 acre Clayhill solar farm and energy storage facility near Flitwick in Bedfordshire, built by energy provider Anesco, is made up of over 30,000 solar panels - enough to power 2,500 homes.

The solar farm will be the first in the UK to be built and operated without Government subsidy, following a fall in the cost of solar panels by two thirds since 2010. To date the industry has successfully installed 12GW of solar capacity across the country.

To read more, visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/subs ... -to-the-uk

Also on 26 September, National Grid reported that 52% of the UK's electricity between late June and September, came from low carbon sources (compared with about 35% four years ago) making it the "greenest" summer on record.

For a full report on this from the BBC, visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-4139 ... ce=twitter