Low Carbon takes wraps off 600MW solar-storage park

• Developer is intending a very early engagement appointment to acquire residents' feedback for the eastern Midlands project

A 600MW renewable resource park, comprising solar as well as storage space, is being prepared for North Kesteven in the eastern Midlands.

Low Carbon's suggested Beacon Fen Energy Park will be sited ashore eastern of Sleaford, between the towns of Heckington and Helpringham.

James Hartley-Bond, Director at Low Carbon, claimed: "We are eagerly anticipating talking directly with neighborhood communities about our plans to hear their views first-hand.

" We are presently preparing a very early engagement consultation so we can make sure residents' feedback web links right into the proposals, prior to holding a legal consultation which is prepared for later on this year.

" The UK Government has explained its plans for the nation to reach Net Zero by 2050. Its purpose is to increase the nation's solar capacity fivefold by 2035. If allowed, Beacon Fen Energy Park will certainly be a significant advance towards reaching this essential goal and safeguarding sustainable energy for the nation."

The project consists of constructing the infrastructure required to export the electrical power the energy park would produce onto the nationwide grid. It is prepared this would certainly be through an existing connection point at neighboring Bicker Fen.

The amount of electrical energy Beacon Fen Energy Park might create exceeds 50MW and is as a result

classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP).

This requires Low Carbon to submit an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) to the Planning Inspectorate.

" We prepare for the development procedure for the project with to DCO entry and afterwards examination will take in between 2 and three years. Subject to achieving consent, building and construction would certainly begin no earlier than 2026," claimed Hartley-Bond.

He included: "We eagerly anticipate speaking with residents within the coming weeks as well as presenting them to our proposals."