EDF unveils 50MW UK solar plans

• EDF Renewables has revealed plans for an up-to-50MW solar farm, Bloy's Grove, in between the villages of Swainsthorpe and also Mulbarton, just south of Norwich.

A number of eco-friendly as well as other usefulness surveys have actually been carried out and also the company is currently seeking advice from neighborhood people concerning the proposition ahead of submitting a planning application to South Norfolk District Council in the springtime.

Online as well as postal area engagement is being executed and also members of the general public are motivated to visit EDF R's Bloy's Grove internet site for more info, to register for live online events as well as to offer feedback ahead of the close of public consultation on 11 January.

If preparing authorization is provided, a community fund of as much as ₤ 10,000 will be paid annually, relying on the final size of the system, for the 35-year lifetime of the project.

EDF Renewables Director of Solar and also Onshore Wind Development Mark Vyvyan-Robinson claimed: "This is a superb website for a solar farm, which is suitably bright and also with a nearby grid connection."

He included that the business has a variety of solar projects planned in the UK.

As part of the project EDF R will certainly boost biodiversity on site by, where suitable, planting even more hedgerows and also trees, setting up beehives, and also establishing land apart for turfs as well as wildflowers.

This ecological improvement will be developed in examination with the council and also maintained throughout the life of the solar farm.