The Coal Authority has appointed three solar installation companies to a new four-year renewable energy framework to install solar across its estate. The non-departmental public body within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was established to manage the effects of previous coal mining facilities, specifically mine water pollution. It tested a small-scale PV installation at one mine water treatment scheme previously and, having considered it to be a cost-effective way to improve its sustainability, has appointed three installers to develop solar PV across its portfolio of 75 mine water treatment sites.
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