London's giant floating solar farm

Level: intermediate B1

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Europe's biggest solar farm has started generating electricity. Watch this short (three-minute) BBC video about it and then answer the following questions:

1) How long did it take to build the solar farm?
2) The energy produced is roughly the equivalent of how many homes?

3) According to Angus Berry, Thames Water are committed to increase their use of renewables to how much of their demand by 2020?
4) How many roofs in the UK have solar panels?
5) How much of the UK's electricity needs comes from solar?


Answers below!

1) Three months
2) 1,800

3) 33%
4) 900,000
5) 2%