Solar panels and wild flower gardens: How rental depots are becoming greener

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

20 May 2024

In a quiet suburb of the city of Luleå in Swedish Lapland, workers are putting the finishing touches to a new depot for access equipment rental specialist Kranpunkten.

Even though the city, which lies just 150 kilometers from the Arctic Circle experiences just three hours of daylight on average during the winter months, Thomas Eriksson, regional manager for Kranpunkten Nord points to the places where solar panels are to be installed.

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