Enviromena wins approval for 35-MWac Daisy Hill Solar Farm near Hull

• Enviromena secured planning consent for the 35-MWac Daisy Hill Solar Farm in East Yorkshire, with strong biodiversity and community commitments.

Enviromena has received planning approval for the 35-MWac Daisy Hill Solar Farm near Hull, moving a mid-scale project with outsized local impact into the delivery lane. The consent reflects a familiar UK pattern: councils are more receptive to PV schemes that pair clear grid strategies with tangible biodiversity gains and careful construction management.

On the technical side, Daisy Hill will deploy high-efficiency modules—likely bifacial—on single-axis trackers where terrain and glare studies permit, or optimized fixed-tilt otherwise. The DC/AC ratio is set for strong annual yield, not headline peak output, and plant controls will provide reactive power, fault ride-through and rapid curtailment response aligned with GB codes. Designs also preserve pad space and transformer headroom for a potential two-to-four-hour battery retrofit, an increasingly standard choice to shift midday production into evening peaks and reduce curtailment risk.

Planning conditions speak to community expectations. A Construction Environmental Management Plan governs traffic routing, hours of work, noise and dust, while landscaping softens views from public rights of way. Enviromena’s biodiversity plan will convert arable fields into species-rich grassland beneath and around the arrays, reinforce hedgerows, and create habitat corridors—measures that typically lift net biodiversity value over the project’s life. Drainage upgrades and sediment controls protect local waterways during heavy rain.

For the East Riding grid, a 35-MWac plant connected near load reduces losses and adds a stable block of daytime energy that complements offshore wind and interconnectors. If a battery is later added, the site could also deliver fast frequency response and support local voltage management, boosting value without new lines.

Economically, Daisy Hill brings construction jobs and supplier spending, followed by permanent O&M roles and steady business-rates income. Once operational, the first-year focus will be performance stabilization—tuning tracker algorithms, cleaning cycles and inverter set-points informed by SCADA analytics and thermal inspections.

Consent in hand, the project pivots to procurement. Early reservations for long-lead transformers and switchgear will keep the schedule on track, while a templated EPC approach should compress build time. If execution holds, Daisy Hill will be delivering clean power to East Yorkshire well before the decade’s end.