Riding Sunbeams, a solar rail company, has been awarded the grant to build the solar farm to power the rail network between Eastbourne and London.

The company was given £2,527,500 from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s £85 million share of the government’s new Getting Building Fund.

The £900 million UK-wide government fund has been created to invest in local infrastructure projects to drive economic growth and support a green recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

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