Europe’s largest floating solar-power array has been launched on a reservoir in west London and is now generating up to 6.3MW of electricity – thanks to financial support from the Royal Bank of Scotland. Thames Water buys all energy generated by the project on the Queen Elizabeth reservoir as part of a power purchase agreement with solar developer Lightsource, which has an office in Livingston. Throughout the early stages of project planning prior to construction, engineering consultancy OST Energy acted as technical advisor to the Royal Bank, providing a range of due diligence services crucial to the final investment decision.
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