Plans to buy a solar farm to curb CO2 emissions have been abandoned by Manchester council.
New documents from the authority reveal that bosses made a ‘non-binding’ offer to purchase a ‘large scale solar photovoltaic (PV) facility’. The location of the facility has yet to be disclosed.
The council’s executive are set to rubber-stamp the report which confirms chiefs pulled out of the deal, but also clarifies that the council is interested in arranging a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). A PPA would allow the borough to purchase green electricity directly from an energy producer.
