{"id":254150,"date":"2021-09-09T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/news\/were-constructing-1-3gw-of-solar-so-far-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:58:57","slug":"were-constructing-1-3gw-of-solar-so-far-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/were-constructing-1-3gw-of-solar-so-far-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re constructing 1.3GW of solar so far in 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block-page-title bg-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <h1 class=\"fg-color-gradient\">We&#039;re constructing 1.3GW of solar so far in 2021!<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n  \n\n\n<section class=\"banner-single position-relative\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 px-0\">\n                <div class=\"position-relative w-100 h-100 aspect-ratio-banner object-fit-cover\">\n          <picture>\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021-450x188.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021-1000x417.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(max-width: 575px)\">\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021-1000x417.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(min-width: 576px) and (max-width: 991px)\">\n                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021.jpg, https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021.jpg 2x\"\n                          media=\"(min-width: 992px)\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\"\n                       srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.lightsourcebp.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/29101513\/Were-constructing-1.3GW-of-solar-so-far-in-2021.jpg 2x\"\n                       sizes=\"auto, 100vw\"\n                       class=\"position-absolute w-100 h-100 left-0 top-0 object-fit-cover\"\n                       width=\"1920\"\n                       height=\"800\">\n                <\/picture>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"text align block_c7b8ab6dea0bb007b6ebf8b32a7c88ea block bg-color-white position-relative z-1 overflow-hidden\">\n    <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  \n  <div class=\"container \">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n        <span class=\"rich-text standard-text fg-color-navy\">\n          <p>Despite a global pandemic, hundreds of team members working remotely and intermittent national lockdowns for most of our offices, we\u2019re still on track for making 2021 one of our best years yet. We\u2019ve got over 1.3GW of solar projects in construction across the UK, USA, Australia and Spain so far in 2021, creating over 2,500 construction jobs across four continents. Take a look at the video below to see what we\u2019re building around the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NR-8dTffuWI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n        <\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-30\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards align block_30d3bf1369cfa5f53cac24879a9708aa block bg-color-orange-3-percent\">\n  <div class=\"pt-60 pt-lg-100\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <h3 class=\"mb-35\">Related news <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 mb-30\">\n  <div class=\"multi-column-cards__image-container h-300px h-lg-250px\">\n    <a 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