Innova, Novus protected planning approval for 24MWp solar site as both seek 8GW portfolio

• Planning approval has been offered for Ducklington Solar Farm in Oxfordshire, a site being created by Innova Renewables and advancement consultancy Novus Renewable Providers.

Found southern of Witney, the farm is to supply a first 24MWp. It is Innova and also Novus' very first solar farm to be given approval in 2022, with the two working together on a portfolio of 8GW of solar and battery storage space with protected grid connections.

The business anticipate to send an additional 15 solar as well as battery storage projects right into the planning system throughout the rest of the year, alongside 4 currently waiting for decision.

Certainly, Ryan Adams, director of Novus stated it is "most likely to be a busy 2022" for the duo, with each of their projects "seeking to bring clean, reduced expense energy onto the grid whilst offering myriad advantages to local areas".

The Ducklington site is expected to be operational during the second fifty percent of 2023, with considerable biodiversity renovations expected from the project. There is also to be an improvement of an existing public path that goes through the site, and the chance to return in your area in the form of an area advantage repayments.

It adheres to Innova Energy, an exclusive equity-backed solar power business which was a subsidiary of Innova Capital, being gotten by Elm Trading earlier this year. Thus, Elm Trading handled Innova Energy's 16 ground-mount assets in the UK, which have a total capacity of 61.5 MW.