Construction starts at UK solar park on former landfill site

• Infinis as well as FCC Environment hope to power up the project in April 2023

Captured methane programmer Infinis as well as waste monitoring company FCC Environment are working in collaboration to create a new solar park on a former landfill site in England.

As a result of energise in April 2023, the new solar park at Winterton, Lincolnshire, will generate circa 4300MWh of renewable resource every year - enough to power more than 1,300 homes.

The Winterton solar energy park will certainly occupy roughly 18 acres.

It will certainly be created based on a technique authorized by the Environment Agency, which will secure the existing landfill structure.

Chris Ellis, supervisor of procedures at FCC Environment claimed: "We are delighted to be collaborating with Infinis to repurpose the Winterton landfill site as well as delighted concerning the pipeline of comparable projects on our sites which are presently proceeding via the preparation process.

" These projects play an essential role in supporting the UK accomplishing its Net Zero aspiration."

Director of development and building and construction at Infinis Andrew Leeding said: "The Government's recent power safety and security method concentrates on the requirement to increase UK renewable resource generation, while additionally looking for to decarbonise the UK electrical power system by 2035.

" Renewable resource advancement has never ever been more vital.

" Infinis and also FCC Environment are collaborating to establish a pipeline of solar power projects on FCC landfill sites UK-wide.

" We're delighted to be creating Winterton Solar Park as our initial of with any luck lots of projects together."