{"id":254273,"date":"2016-03-04T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/news\/lightsources-first-floating-solar-project-nears-completion\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:17:33","slug":"lightsources-first-floating-solar-project-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/lightsources-first-floating-solar-project-nears-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightsource’s First Floating Solar Project Nears Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As construction of Lightsource’s flagship floating solar project nears completion, global interest in the ambitious project continues to gather momentum.<\/p>\n

The project, Europe’s largest floating solar installation, was featured in today’s top 10 most read stories on the BBC News website.<\/p>\n

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More than 23,000 solar photovoltaic panels are being floated\u00a0on the surface of the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir, near Walton-on-Thames, in Surrey.<\/p>\n

Energy from the 6.3MW will be used to part power the nearby water treatment works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The floating array\u00a0is due for connection this month (March) and we’ll keep you updated with all the latest news right here on our website. Stay tuned to our page for more images and videos of this exciting project!<\/p>\n

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Lightsource bp has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) for Hett Moor Solar Farm in the UK Government\u2019s latest renewables auction, AR7.<\/p>\n

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Sheep grazing on solar farms combines agriculture with solar electricity generation, enabling livestock to graze and crops to grow alongside and beneath solar panels.<\/p>\n

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Deepening our understanding of how solar energy and agriculture can sustainably coexist at scale by learning from pioneering projects across Austria.<\/p>\n

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