Work is underway to install the first of four ground-mounted solar arrays at different Ministry of Defence barracks on sites developed by Swindon-based Public Power Solutions.

The first installation to be installed is a 2.3MW solar array at Leconfield Barracks, Beverley, East Yorkshire and the other three projects include 1.4 MW at Duke of Gloucester Barracks, near Cirencester.

PPS has worked with the Army’s delivery partner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, carrying out all the project development work. Named Project Prometheus, it will increase renewable energy across the defence estate. Together, the four pilot sites will result in £1m in efficiency savings.