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DCO Decision On 480MW West Burton Solar NSIP Delayed Until 2025

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Solar Power Portal.

The article talks about Island Green Power and their plans to develop three large solar farms in Eastern England.

They appear to be a UK-registered company with international connections.

These are the three projects.

The West Burton Project

This is the introductory paragraph for the West Burton Project.

Solar PV developer Island Green Power has seen a development consent order (DCO) decision delayed by the UK government for its 480MW West Burton project located across Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

Note.

  1. The West Burton Project has a web site.
  2. It will have a capacity of 480 MW.
  3. The solar farm will use the grid connection of the former coal-powered West Burton power station.
  4. The project will cover 788 hectares.

The site is a few miles South-West of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.

The East Pye Solar Project

These are the two introductory paragraphs for the East Pye Solar Project.

This setback comes days after Island Green Power opened a public consultation on early-stage plans for a 500MW solar PV power plant co-located with a battery energy storage system (BESS) that could have up to 500MW output.

The East Pye Solar project will be situated on 1,100 hectares of land south of Norwich and north of Harleston. Solar PV modules would be installed at two points within this area, approximately 6.5km apart.

Note.

  1. The East Pye Solar Project has a web site.
  2. It will have a capacity of 500 MW, with a battery with a 500 MW output. The battery capacity is not stated.
  3. The project will cover 1100 hectares.
  4. This article on the BBC is entitled New Proposed Solar Farm Could Power 115,000 Homes, gives more details.
  5. It appears that the solar farm will have a new grid connection to the grid connection between Norwich and Bramford to the West of Ipswich.
  6. There is also a web site, which is entitled Block The Development of East Pye Solar Farm.

The site is a few miles East of Long Stratton in South Norfolk.

The Cottam Solar Project

These are the two introductory paragraphs for the Cottam Solar Project.

The non-statutory consultation comes after Island Green revealed plans for the development early in September, just one week after energy secretary Ed Miliband granted the developer a DCO for the 600MW Cottam Solar Project.

The 600MW development will comprise four ground-mounted solar PV generating stations in West Lindsay, Lincolnshire, four on-site substations and a BESS across four separate sites, totalling an area of 1,270 hectares.

Note.

  1. The Cottam Solar Project has a web site.
  2. It will have a capacity of 600 MW, with a battery, with a battery with a 600 MW output and a 600 MWh capacity.
  3. The solar farm will use the grid connection of the former coal-powered Cottam power station.
  4. The project will cover 1270 hectares.

The site is a few miles East of Retford in Lincolnshire.

Island Green

It does appear that Island Green like large solar farms.

  • West Burton – 480 MW – 788 hectares
  • East Pye – 500 MW, – 500 MW battery- 1100 hectares
  • Cottam – 600 MW, 600 MW/600 MWh battery – 1270 hectares

Whether some of their neighbours will is another matter.

But at least two of them have batteries.

What we will be forced to accept from this unscientifically-green Government, I dread to think.

November 7, 2024 Posted by | Energy, Energy Storage | , , , , , , | 1 Comment