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Solar Farms – what do you need?

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

A 5MW solar farm is likely to consist of approx 27,000 Solar PV panels set on frames which face south. The frames are set high enough off the ground that sheep can graze underneath.

 

Site requirements:

1) 20 – 25 acres

2) Flat ground or gently sloping to south

3) No rights of way across the land

4) Site not obviously visible from neighbouring houses

5) Site outside special protection areas such as National parks, AONB’s etc

6) Accessible by road or track to site entrance

7) Site not liable to flooding

8 ) Site not overlooked by adjacent high ground

9) Single ownership

10) No large trees, mobile telephone masts or other structure which would cast a shadow on the land

11) No adverse planning history

12) Particularly suitable sites include – redundant airfields, restored land fill sites, old glass house sites, low quality grazing land.

13) MOST IMPORTANTLY – the site needs to have 33KV over head power lines crossing it. Larger power lines are too expensive to connect to and smaller ones will not take the load.

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