JBM seeks public input on 50MW solar-storage

• Designer will certainly submit a DCO application for the Byers Gill project is located near Stockton-on-Tees

JBM Solar has actually begun stakeholder engagement on a 50MW solar farm co-located with battery power storage space.

The Byers Gill project lies in between Darlington as well as Stockton-on-Tees.

Early engagement with selected stakeholders is planned for later on this month.

Wider appointment with the public, where even more in-depth information will certainly be revealed, is prepared for Spring 2023.

Michael Baker, Project Manager for JBM, claimed: "We are pleased to be introducing this nationally-significant project that, if provided planning permission, would assist to attend to the existing expense of energy crisis encountering the UK.

" Involving with selected stakeholders at this early stage is vital, as well as will enable us to use their regional understanding to aid form the project's style at an onset and also understand regional issues that are important to local communities before we provide our strategies to the wider community next year."

Byers Gill Solar is identified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, or NSIP, as it will certainly have a capacity of more than 50MW.

As a result, JBM is required to submit a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate to seek planning permission.

The application is anticipated to be submitted in Autumn 2023, with a decision made in very early 2025.

The project will certainly connect into the existing National Grid substation at Norton, on the outskirts of Stockton-on-Tees, with below ground cables ranging from the solar farm to the substation.