Our solar energy farm in Northamptonshire generates 3.1 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, cutting as much as 642 tonnes of carbon dioxide from our supply chain each year.
Since February, three quarters of the total grid electricity we need to make our drinks across Great Britain comes from the site, which supplies clean energy to our factories in Rugby, London and Leeds. The 650,000m2 solar installation will eventually scale up to produce 28 gigawatt hours.
Gurpreet Gujral, Managing Director, Renewable Energy at provider Atrato Group says: “We’re thrilled to complete this landmark and unique agreement with Britvic, reducing carbon emissions while delivering attractively priced energy.”
The project makes use of a former quarry site that is unsuitable for farming, with double-sided solar panels that use tracking devices to follow the sun, increasing efficiency by 10%. As of September, the land is also benefiting from an intense rewilding project, with trees, grasses, hedges, shrubs and wildflowers (including British favourites cowslip, common sorrel and ragged robin) sowed and planted to support and encourage biodiversity.