Peel Cubico launches 150MW solar appointment

• Programmer plans to submit a planning application for the Cheshire project under the NSIP program in 2024
• Peel Cubico Renewables has actually released an appointment for its Frodsham Solar project in Cheshire, north-west England.

The very first stage of examination is now open and will certainly run from Thursday 1 June for six weeks till Thursday 13 July 2023, as reported in a current issue of the subscriber-only edition of reNEWS.

Peel Cubico Renewables is in the early stages of preparing the roughly 150MW Frodsham Solar project.

A preparation application is because of be submitted to the UK's Country wide Significant Facilities Project regime in 2024 with a choice anticipated in 2025.

The programmer has already protected a 100MW grid connection agreement with SP Energy Networks reliable December 2026, at the 275kV Frodsham substation.

It also plans to provide power straight to a neighbouring industrial collection via exclusive wire connections.

Battery storage space centers are likewise prepared for the site, which will certainly be constructed adjacent to the operational 50MW Frodsham wind farm, owned by Foresight given that 2019.

Frodsham Solar growth manager Annette Lardeur said the project offers a "special opportunity" to decarbonise both residences and also industry in the North West.

The area is one of numerous UK "collections" where renewable energy is being deployed to help in reducing exhausts created by heavy industry.