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Octopus Energy, under its generation arm, has acquired UK solar developer Zestec Renewable Energy to support the rollout of solar on the roofs of British businesses.

“I find it extraordinary that we are talking about banning solar on farmlands, but we are talking about putting oil drills on farmlands – it is an industrialised process,” said Simon Maine, managing director, corporate communications at investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.