Swindon Borough Council signs PPA with Total for Chapel Farm solar site

• Swindon Borough Council has introduced a solar balanced out system, signing a power purchase contract (PPA) with Total Gas and Power.

All the power generated at the Chapel Farm solar website in North Swindon is to be acquired by Total Gas and Power, as well as will certainly be balanced out directly versus the Council's power consumption, with the approximated generation removed from Swindon's power procurement needs, which are managed by West Mercia Energy (WME).

It is expected that the farm-- which went stay in April-- will certainly produce around 5 million kWh of electricity per year, almost 25% of the council's company electrical energy usage.

Keith Williams, Swindon Borough Council's cabinet member for climate modification, said the project shows "what can be finished with the appropriate partners", admiring the announcement as a "big step" in the direction of the council's 2030 web no target.

Swindon Borough Council has worked on a variety of various other solar projects, including the 50MW Wroughton Solar Park along with the 2.5 MW private-wire Barnfield Solar Farm, which is providing power to the Swindon Household Waste Recycling Centre's solid recouped fuel plant.

Nigel Evans, director of West Mercia Energy, stated: "I am delighted that WME have actually had the ability to support the Council with this innovative project which helps them move in the direction of their net-zero aspirations.

" We see local generation projects such as this one as being essential to supporting regional authorities ending up being net-zero in the future."