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* Targets net zero emissions in UK by 2035
* To set up three solar farms
* Stores getting solar panels
* Delivery vehicles to be electric
By James Davey
LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco
will set up solar farms, fit more solar panels in its stores and
roll out electric vehicles, bringing forward a target for its UK
business to be net zero carbon emissions by 15 years to 2035, it
said on Friday.
Supermarket groups are responding to growing consumer
demands for less waste and more action on the environment.
Britons have become increasingly aware of the urgency of
addressing climate change, spurred on by campaigners including
veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough and
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg.
Tesco said a new partnership with renewable energy
investor, Low Carbon, will see three solar farms set up in
Anglesey, Wales, and in Essex and Oxfordshire in southern
England.
The farms will generate up to 130GWh of energy per year,
enough to power 44,828 three-bedroom homes, and help Tesco
procure more renewable energy with additional energy for the
national grid.
Tesco has committed to use only renewable electricity by
2030, saving 30,308 tonnes of CO2 per year, the equivalent of
taking 14,457 cars off the road.
Tesco said last year it would begin sourcing renewable
energy from five onshore windfarms.
It is fitting thousands of solar panels across its
UK store network, with 60 stores fitted out so far.
It has also put 30 electric delivery vans on the road in
Greater London this month, and plans to have a fully electric
home delivery fleet by 2028.
To support the wider adoption of electric vehicles across
Britain, Tesco is also rolling out 2,400 charging points for
customers across 600 stores.
Tesco said the initiatives bring forward its ambition to
reach net zero in its UK operations to 2035 from 2050
previously.
Rivals Sainsbury's and Asda are both
targeting becoming net zero by 2040 - a decade ahead of the
British government's own target.
(Reporting by James Davey
Editing by Alexandra Hudson)
