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Bristol City Council has completed what is believed to be the largest solar schools programme in the UK.

Solarsense has completed a 50kWp solar installation at the Hand Stadium in North Somerset. The project, which will reduce Clevedon Town Football Club’s energy bill and carbon footprint, is thought to be the largest in the area.

Kingspan Roof PowerPanel solar modules have been installed atop two potato storage buildings at Levenham Fen Farm in Cambridgeshire.

Opus Green has installed a 40-panel solar photovoltaics system at an alpaca farm in Northumberland. The farm, which houses both alpacas and sheep, is now self-sufficient.

Welshpool-based Organic Energy and 7 Energy of Shrewsbury have come together to complete a 225kWp solar project. The scheme, which utilised an investment of £1.2 million, saw more than 2,300 panels installed in Shropshire and Mid Wales, including a ground mounted array of 1,200 panels at Comberton Poultry Farm in Ludlow.

The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) views offshore wind as its “marginal technology” – by which it means that if any renewable energy source comes in cheaper, there is every reason to exploit it to the full – but for anything more expensive than offshore wind, there has to be a very good reason for supporting it.

Myriad CEG Power has installed a solar PV array on the roof of Harris Academy Falconwood in Kent.

Sudbury Primary School in Wembley has had solar PV panels fitted as part of a £3 million extension and refurbishment scheme.

A historic castle in Northumberland has embraced solar PV technology to start generating its own electricity. The National Trust’s Lindisfarne Castle of Holy Island has had nearly 50 solar modules fitted to the roof of the 16th Century Castle.