Solar Selections brokers solar panel installations for 10 Greggs Bakeries locations across the UK

by Solar Selections on January 15, 2014

Greggs Bakeries solar panels

The largest chain of bakeries in the UK has installed the equivalent of 1.28 megawatts (MW) of solar PV capacity on the roofs of 10 of its locations with the assistance of Solar Selections, who acted as tender manager for the project. The installations make use of Italian Power-One Aurora inverters and Chinese Trina solar panels. [click to continue…]

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