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St Lucia buys land for major solar farm to cut fuel costs

LUCELEC has bought 70 acres at Troumassee, Micoud for a 10 MW solar farm with battery storage, due to open in 2028 and expected to offset 1.2 million gallons of imported fuel a year.

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