Article 5AH5B City of London buys into new Dorset solar farm to help power Square Mile

City of London buys into new Dorset solar farm to help power Square Mile

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Jillian Ambrose
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City Corporation signs 40m deal with French renewables firm Voltalia to ensure green energy supply

Thousands of solar panels in the Dorset countryside will soon help power Britain's historic financial centre under a new renewable energy deal struck by the City of London Corporation.

The City's governing body expects to save 3m by buying more than half of the electricity powering the Corporation's historic buildings in the Square Mile from a subsidy-free solar farm in the south-west of England made up of 95,000 new solar panels over the next 15 years.

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