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Salisbury Plains Training Area will benefit from part of a £560m contract entered into by the government to provide management of facilities, rural…

A £560 million contract to manage the UK land on which thousands of Armed Forces personnel train, has been awarded to Landmarc Support Services by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (D

The £13M project, procured by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) on behalf of the British Army, will deliver an enhanced communal living experience for soldiers.

British Army to switch on first solar farm as part of net-zero aspiration The British Army is progressing with the first of four solar photovoltaic farms, which will save more than £1m in energy costs and help the Army reach net-zero emissions by 2045. A further 80 solar farms are to be introduced across the Army’s estate in the next seven years Centrica Business Solutions has been onboarded to steer the deliver of the British Army’s first solar farm, which will be located at Army’s Defe...

Army’s Solar Farms Support Commitment to Sustainability The British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport. From: 7 April 2021 To support the government’s commitment to meeting Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, the British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport ( DST), Leconfield. The solar array is the first of four pilot sites delivered as part of Project PROMETHEUS to incre...

Source: United Kingdom – Ministry of Defence To support the government’s commitment to meeting Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, the British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield. The solar array is the first of four pilot sites delivered as part of Project PROMETHEUS to increase renewable energy across the defence estate. Spanning approximately four hectares, Centrica Business Solutions started construction...

Army’s first solar-powered base to save £1m and reduce emissions MoD’s Project Prometheu aims to increase the use of renewable energy and is due to be completed this spring 7 April 2021 • 6:00am The British Army is to go green with its first ever training base powered by the sun.  The Army on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm will be constructed at the Defence School of Transport (DST) in Normandy Barracks, Leconfield. The solar array is...