A solar farm could be installed in Burwell (stock image)(Image: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire)
A new solar farm could be installed in the Cambridgeshire countryside. Ness Road Solar Limited has submitted plans to East Cambridgeshire District Council to install a solar farm on land east of Breach Farm in Ness Road, Burwell.
The site would operate a photovoltaic solar array, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), landscaping and associated infrastructure for a “period of 40 years”. The site would then be decommissioned back to agricultural use.
The solar farm would address the “need for additional renewable energy generation”. The applicant added: “It arises not only from the statutory requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net zero, but also from the need to provide a secure, affordable and increasingly domestically generated supply of electricity.
“The transition away from fossil fuels therefore provides benefits in terms of decarbonisation, energy security and reduced exposure to the price volatility associated with international fossil fuel markets. Large-scale solar generation has an important role to play in delivering each of these objectives.”
The solar farm is also proposed to make electricity more affordable for people, as well as “support greater energy security”.
If approved, the construction willlast for around 36 weeks. This will involve: construction of site access tracks, installation of solar panels and frames, installation of solar transformers, CCTV poles and cameras, storage containers, water tanks, a welfare building and more.
Work will take place on Mondays to Fridays between 7.30am and 6pm, as well as 7.30am until 1pm on Saturdays. No work would take place on Sundays or bank holidays.
“Deliveries and noise generating activities” will take place between these times.
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