Elgin Energy to progress with 49.9 MW solar farm

• Elgin Energy to progress with 49.9 MW solar farm

Found in Nottinghamshire, the South Wheatley solar farm has a capability of 49.9 MW and also was approved preparation authorization on 26 August 2020.

The site is to have sheep grazing in between the panels, with Elgin specifying the farm will certainly offset 20,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

The farm is just one of several brand-new announcements made by Elgin as of late, having introduced the growth of a 38MW website in Northamptonshire in September.

It additionally mounted Ireland's first bifacial solar farm at a test site on a dairy farm in Skeoughvosteen, Co. Kilkenny. Panel producer LONGi and also inverter manufacturer SolarEdge also added to the project, with Irish renewable business Enerpower mounting the modules and associated equipment.

Elgin has actually also formed a joint venture with the Foresight Group to establish 200MW of UK solar, with a target of 6 projects situated in England, Wales as well as Scotland.