EDF opens appointment on 50MW UK solar plan

• The Cadenham project would lie west of the A14 Newmarket bypass in Cambridgeshire

EDF Renewables has actually begun an examination on a virtually 50MW solar farm in Cambridgeshire, England.

The business is preparing to establish the 49.9 MW Cadenham project to the west of the A14 Newmarket bypass, and also southern eastern of the towns of Swaffham Prior and Swaffham Bulbeck.

A variety of eco-friendly and feasibility surveys have actually been carried out and also the business is seeking advice from regional individuals at an early stage about the proposition to get views ahead of sending a planning application later on this year.

EDF stated that there are a variety of environmental and landscape enhancements that would be provided as part of the advancement which will certainly cause biodiversity improvements, consisting of growing brand-new hedges as well as trees.

Residents near to the site are being called by article and also participants of the public are encouraged to go to EDF Renewables' Cadenham site for further information, to sign up for live on-line events and to offer feedback.

The general public assessment closes on 19 July.

EDF Renewables head of advancement Stephen Walls claimed: "We look forward to hearing local people's views on the Cadenham project and also giving them the chance to talk with us at this beginning of the project.

" Our team believe this is a terrific website for a solar farm, as it's accordingly sunny, with an agreed grid connection, and the location is well evaluated.

" EDF Renewables is an experienced programmer and also we are securely devoted to solar as a technology which will assist us accelerate a web absolutely no future where tidy energy powers our lives.

" If we protect preparing authorization, investments like these will certainly additionally add to the UK's green financial recovery from Covid-199."