Solar project developers Conergy Group and Lark Energy completed new 5MW solar park at Hawton in Nottinghamshire is the UK’s largest solar farm, adding that it was completed only six weeks after receiving planning consent on 24 May.
The installation covers a total area of 14.6 hectares and features 21,600 solar modules and approximately 40 kilometres of mounting systems. According to Conergy, it will produce 4,860 megawatt hours of clean electricity – enough to supply 1,300 homes.
The government controversially announced earlier this year that it was to cut feed-in tariffs for large solar installations with more than 50kW of capacity, in response to fears that a flurry of solar farm developments could eat up all the available funds for the scheme.
– from businessgreen.com