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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Julia Kollewe

Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores

Solar panels in a field
The Cleve Hill site will provide Tesco with up to 10% of its UK electricity demand over 15 years. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Tesco has struck a deal to buy enough solar power to run 144 of its large supermarkets, buying almost two-thirds of the entire electricity output from the Cleve Hill solar park in Kent.

The £450m solar park is being built on farmland near Faversham by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a London-based firm that invests in renewable and low-carbon energy in the US, UK and Australia.

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