STEAG safeguards preparing for 55MW UK solar
- Project near King's Lynn in Norfolk will certainly additionally include a battery storage space plant
German power company STEAG is to construct a 55MW solar project near King's Lynn in Norfolk, England.
Planning consent for the construction of the plant, on cultivatable agricultural land near King's Lynn, has actually been approved.
In addition to the solar power system, the project additionally includes a coupled storage system for the intermediate storage of as much as 15 megawatt-hours.
STEAG Solar Energy Solutions (SENS) will develop the solar park.
SENS UK, the British subsidiary of SENS, is servicing the execution of the project with Solar Light Company, a provider of solar innovation and also services based in the UK.
"Thanks to the coupled electricity storage system, solar energy can be briefly saved in times of weak need as well as provided at a later date, when the demand is correspondingly high or the solar radiation is alike reduced," said Christian Kleinhans at SENS.
In addition to the pure power yield, the project will take on a comprehensive sustainability approach.
In cooperation with the Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk, an administration prepare for the area is being created, which will certainly supply additional eco-friendly procedures on as well as around the site.
SENS likewise has various other projects in the UK in the pipeline.
Along with project companion Namene Solar, SENS aims is to bring a further 200MW of solar energy online in the following two years.