Solar developers Hive Energy and Wirsol are closer to starting work on the UK’s largest solar project so far, a 350 MW plant on the Kent coast. The project, which is being developed by Solarcentury Energy, will be built in partnership with local authorities including Thanet District Council, Medway Council and South East Coast Regional Development Agency. The developers have moved some panels after consultation with local residents and have proposed a range of biodiversity improvements and habitat protection schemes. Having consulted with local residents, the plans are now entering a second phase of consultation which is to run until 13 July 2018. Hive and Wirsol will apply for a Development Consent Order later this year.
Solar developers Hive Energy and Wirsol are closer to starting work on the UK’s largest solar project so far, a 350 MW plant on the Kent coast. The project, which is being developed by Solarcentury Energy, will be built in partnership with local authorities including Thanet District Council, Medway Council and South East Coast Regional Development Agency. The developers have moved some panels after consultation with local residents and have proposed a range of biodiversity improvements and habitat protection schemes. Hive and Wirsol will apply for a Development Consent Order later this year.