Article 4W2Y6 Scottish Power plans to build solar panels beside windfarms

Scottish Power plans to build solar panels beside windfarms

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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
from on (#4W2Y6)

Firm 'squeezing maximum potential' from clean energy sources to help UK hit net zero

Scottish Power plans to squeeze more renewable electricity from its onshore windfarms by covering the ground beside the turbines with photovoltaic panels and batteries.

The wind power firm has applied for permission to build its first solar power projects beneath the blades of its existing windfarms in Cornwall, Lancashire and Coldham.

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