c/unitedkingdom · by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net · 71d'A significant moment': UK's latest floating solar farm powers up at Cheshire quarry https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4530638/significant-moment-uks-floating-solar-farm-powers-cheshire-quarry26 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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fozid@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 71d
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MouldyCat@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 71d
tldr: it's a private installation which produces power for its owners, Bathgate Silica Sand. It is a 400kW floating photovoltaic (FPV) array of 650 floating solar panels on North Arclid Lake, an artificial lake at the Arclid Quarry in Cheshire.