Marks & Spencer has started work on the UK’s largest single roof-mounted solar array, which will see 24,272 panels installed on its distribution centre in Castle Donnington. The system, set to be completed in early 2015, will generate around 5,000MWh of electricity each year, rendering the fully automated distribution centre close to self-sufficient during the day and lowering the retailer’s carbon footprint by 48,000 tonnes over the next two years. The 6.1MW system is being supplied and installed by Amber Infrastructure, with M&S signing a 20-year agreement to purchase all the electricity generated by the project.
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