Aura Power gets green light for 50MW Kemble Solar Farm

• Aura Power has actually gained planning permission from Cotswold District Council and Wiltshire Council, for the development of a 49.9 MW solar farm in partnership with the Bathurst Estate.

Building and construction of the site, which sits near Kemble, Cirencester, is now anticipated to begin in 2023. It will consist of a comprehensive landscaping scheme to generate a biodiversity web gain of 35% from the advancement of the solar farm. Sheep will likewise be grazed throughout the site for part of the year.

Simon Coulson, supervisor of Aura Power, said the business was pleased to be servicing the project with the Bathurst Estate.

"In partnership with the Estate we got in touch with thoroughly with the local residents and also regional community, which resulted in the relocation of a variety of panels, a robust landscaping prepare for enhanced testing, and also, mitigation measures to alleviate existing flooding".

A Community Benefit Fund of ₤ 17,500 annually is included within the advancement of the solar farm, covering its 40 year lifespan.

The Bathurst Estate-- which covers around 15,000 acres and is possessed by the 9th Earl Bathurst-- already generates its own electricity from a biogas plant at Kemble Farms, in addition to having a number of solar arrays on the roofings of numerous buildings on the estate and also utilizing air-source heatpump within its residential properties.

Kemble Solar Farm is Aura Power's 3rd to receive planning permission over the last year, complying with on from its 30MW solar farm at Bishampton, near Pershore, Worcestershire in June 2021 and also its 49.9 MW Litchardon Cross site near Barnstaple in North Devon in April 2021. The company has a further 260MW of solar applications that are because of be established over the next twelve month.

Additionally, the company secured planning permission for 190MW of battery power storage space projects throughout 2 sites earlier this month.