BayWa r.e. releases consultation for 160MW Oaklands Farm Solar Park

• BayWa r.e. has actually introduced a consultation for its 160MW Oaklands Farm Solar Park, South Derbyshire.

The firm revealed the mega project, which will sit west of the village of Rosliston and eastern of Walton-on-Trent, in 2021. It has since released its Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC), as well as Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR).

It is now welcoming the local population in South Derbyshire to react to its legal consultation on the proposals, ahead of submitting an application for advancement in late 2022.

Given the scale of the project-- in the region of 160MW and also integrating a 37.5 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) on the site-- an application for its growth will certainly need to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regimen.

" We have been working hard to review as well as examine the results of surveys and also comments from consultees considering that we first announced the project in 2021. We're excited to now start the statutory consultation procedure and I anticipate engaging with the regional community over the coming weeks," claimed Oaklands Solar Farm project manager, Ashley McInnes.

" The legal consultation will certainly happen from 21 April 2022 to 6 June 2022. Public exhibitions will certainly take place in very early May, with a complete on the internet virtual exhibition available for viewing throughout that period."

The consultation occasions will certainly occur at Walton-on-Trent Village Hall as well as Rosliston & Cauldwell Village Hall.

Oaklands Farm Solar Park is one of a variety of NSIP's currently in development in the UK, consisting of Windel Energy as well as Canadian Solar's 350MW Mallard Pass Solar Farm, Ecotricity's Heckington Fen Solar Park, Evolution Power's 165MW solar and also storage space project in Kent, Low Carbon's 500MW Gate Burton solar as well as storage space park in Lincolnshire, Island Green Power's 600MW solar project and Longfield Solar power Farm in Essex.

INRG Solar's 150MWp Little Crow Solar Farm recently ended up being the 2nd NSIP solar farm to obtain a growth authorization order, complying with on from the 350MW Cleve Hill Solar Farm, which was authorized in May 2020, prior to being gotten by obtained by Quinbrook as well as renamed Project Fortress.

BayWa r.e. has actually created 142 utility-scale solar projects worldwide, with a complete capacity of around 2000MW. This consists of 31 solar projects in the UK, totalling roughly 536MW.

In December, it was provided planning permission for its 49.9 MW Rag Lane Solar Farm project, whilst in June it acquired 100MW of co-located solar from JBM Solar.