frankPodmore@slrpnk.netM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days ago'A significant moment': UK's latest floating solar farm powers up at Cheshire quarrywww.businessgreen.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
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minus-squarefozid@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoPaywalled Free un walled link https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/nova-and-rsk-install-floating-solar-farm-at-cheshire-quarry-04-06-2026/
minus-squareMouldyCat@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agotldr: 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.
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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.