A Cornwall-based cyder company is to receive almost £600,000 to fund a new solar farm.
Cornish Scrumpy Company will be given £588,000 from the Shared Prosperity Fund to create a 850kw solar farm to power business operations as part of ambitions to migrate to 100% renewable energy over the next five years.
The family-run business near Newquay, which trades as Healeys Cyder, generates 18% of its energy from an onsite wind turbine already. The addition of the new solar farm will increase its renewable capacity to 75%. The new solar fam will be built on five acres of unused land.
