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A new Danish study suggests that farmers may not need to choose between producing food and generating renewable energy, finding that vertically mounted solar panels can generate electricity while allowing crops to grow just as well as in open fields – and with greater public acceptance than conventional solar parks.

The voco Zeal Exeter Science Park is a net zero carbon hotel with a number of unique features, not least a wrap-around vertical solar panel façade that is expected to produce more energy than the hotel needs.