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Newton Downs Farm, Newton Ferrers

Newton Downs is our first community solar farm It has a capacity of 5MW, generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of 2000 average homes. The project was developed by Good Energy, a leading renewable electricity supplier, with the understanding that it would be offered for sale to Yealm Community Energy (YCE). In January [...]
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Creacombe, near Yealmpton

The UK's first subsidy-free community solar farm? Our second community project is expected to be Creacombe solar farm, between Yealmpton and Holbeton.  It will have a capacity of 7.3MW, generating enough power for the equivalent of nearly 3000 average homes. The planning application  was approved on 10 May 2018 and the project must be built [...]
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