The UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm has started to generate electricity from its location at a special school in Edinburgh. The Oaklands school is the second building in the city to get solar panels as part of the UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm – and is the first to be producing continuous power to the grid. The scheme, which was launched last autumn, successfully raised nearly £1.5 million from members of the public to…
UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm starts generating power in Edinburgh
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