Bluefield obtains permission for four UK solar farms

• The projects have actually a combined capacity of 200MW

Bluefield Renewable Developments has obtained planning permission for 4 new UK projects giving virtually 200MW of solar capacity.

The consented projects include 2 49.9 MW projects near Blyth as well as Bedlington, Northumberland on former coalfields-- the initial solar farms of this range in the region; a 49.9 MW farm near Witney, West Oxfordshire as well as a 45MW farm near Ludlow, in Shropshire.

The solar farms will certainly produce enough power to power over 54,000 homes whilst offsetting around 36,800 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum - an emissions conserving equal to eliminating over 23,000 cars from the roadway.

At each of the recently consented sites, over 95% of the land to be used for solar is not classified as 'Ideal as well as The Majority Of Versatile Land'. As soon as created, Bluefield plans to graze sheep on the land, ensuring a double use of both food and also energy manufacturing.

Large areas in any way four sites will be assigned especially for biodiversity enhancement, gaining from the incorporation of wildflower fields, abundant grasslands as well as at Tar Farm, Oxfordshire, a recently grown woodland.

As part of the project at Brick House Farm, in Shropshire, Bluefield has actually committed to carry out a major new study project on alternate uses land within solar farms for food manufacturing - sometimes known as 'Agrivoltaics'.

The outcome of this research would identify prospective kinds of food manufacturing within as well as around solar farms to supplement sheep grazing and also complement biodiversity administration.

Significant community funds will additionally be attended to neighborhood projects at each solar farm, complying with favorable involvement with parish councils and other neighborhood organisations.

The Bluefield Group establishes, constructs as well as runs solar farms in behalf of the funds it encourages, consisting of the stock market-listed Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF). It is imagined that, over time, the new projects will certainly boost the fund's existing portfolio of 107 solar farms in the UK, which presently have a capacity of 766MWp.

Alan Connolly, Development Director with Bluefield Renewable Developments Ltd, stated: "We are delighted to have actually safeguarded preparing permission for the new solar farms.

" The positive decision gotten to by each of the neighborhood council preparation committees is a testament both to the hard work of the Bluefield group and also to the significant engagement we have embarked on with the regional communities to construct support for the projects."

Jonathan Selwyn, Managing Director with Bluefield Renewable Developments Ltd, included: "These projects mirror our focus on meticulously selected properly designed sites that sit well in the landscape, boost biodiversity and avoid influencing on food security.

" As the lowest cost, quickest to deploy as well as most popular of all energy sources, solar is currently making a vital payment to addressing both the environment emergency situation and the cost-of-living crisis. We expect our projects generating considerable new renewable resource capacity in support of the ambitious solar targets in the government's Energy Security Strategy (2022 )."