AMPYR safeguards Scottish solar, storage space approval

• A 29.9 MW PV project and 20MW battery scheme will certainly be developed near Dunfermline

AMPYR Solar Europe has revealed that its practically 30MW solar farm and 20MW battery storage space system near Dunfermline has actually been given intending consent by Fife Council.

The site lies on a fully-remediated, former open-cast coal mine.

While the site will certainly be linked to the nationwide grid at the Townhill substation, choices to supply energy to regional customers with a high demand via a "exclusive cable" configuration are additionally being discovered.

The solar farm will give sufficient power to power 6,500 homes at peak power and the linked battery storage will certainly facilitate storage space and supply of power to help stabilize the grid.

The project will certainly help support Fife Council's Climate Emergency Declaration and also add towards the Scottish Government's 2045 net-zero exhausts target.

Building will start next year, with the site anticipated to be functional by the end of 2023.

AMPYR Solar Europe UK head Mark Wood stated: "We are very pleased without a doubt not just to have protected this authorization yet additionally by the degree of assistance in Dunfermline for this proposal.

" Dunfermline solar energy park is just one of a variety of renewable resource projects ASE is purchasing and establishing in Scotland as well as the strong dedication of the Scottish Government as well as Fife Council to renewable energy has offered us terrific confidence to sustain their journey in the direction of a zero-carbon future as well as greater energy protection for all."