Former rubbish dump in Essex becomes UK’s third largest solar farm
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EMPJ)
Ockendon solar farm to generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 15,000 homes
The largest solar farm in Europe to be built on a closed landfill site has begun generating renewable electricity from a former rubbish dump in Essex.
The Ockendon solar farm, the third largest in the UK, includes more than 100,000 solar modules covering 70 hectares (173 acres) of land.
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