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Consultation launched on plans for major solar farm

By Mark Mansfield
Welsh Government has notified Denbighshire County Council about its intentions for an environmental impact assessment for a development of national significance near Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, on the border with Conwy.

A public consultation is planned for a major solar farm which is designated as a “development of national significance”

Earlier this month, the Welsh Government notified Denbighshire Council about plans for the development on land near Bodelwydden and St George, Abergele.

Island Green Power is now at an early stage of developing plans for the renewable energy scheme consisting of solar and energy storage on the border between Conwy and Denbighshire.

The ‘Bodelwyddan Solar and Energy Storage’ has an export capacity above 10MW, so it is considered a Development of National Significance and so will be determined by the Welsh Ministers.

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Nick Bowen, senior project development manager at Island Green Power, said: “Generating clean energy that reduces carbon emissions is critical to our future, as reflected in Wales’ net-zero goals.

“We are therefore hopeful that the local community will attend our public consultation events to learn more about the initial proposals.

“We value early-stage input from the community, which is vital in shaping the emerging plans.”

The following community consultation events are taking place:

30pm – 7pm on Wednesday 29 January in Bodelwyddan Community Centre, Ronaldsway, Bodelwyddan, LL18 5TE

2pm – 6.30pm on Thursday 30 January in Towyn and Kinmel Bay Community Resource Centre, The Square, Off Foryd Road, Kinmel Bay, LL18 5BT

A project website has been established at bodelwyddansolar.co.uk

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3 comments

Amir

Only place for solar panels to be fitted is on roof tops. Plenty of roof top space everywhere to place them. Leave green spaces alone or use wind mills.

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Ap Kenneth

While roofs should be utilised, there are extra costs in doing so plus additional legal loopholes to jump through, the occupier is not always the owner being one. There can be advantages to using land, the soil is rested and grasses can still grow and the land grazed at a lower intensity. Solar displaces the burning of gas, most of which is now imported hence saving the UK paying overseas producers, and with batteries can do so when it is dark.

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Amir

If all roof tops are filled and there is still a need for electricity generation, then may be we can look at this hybrid model. Unfortunately, Wales is a net exporter of electricity so unlikely the latter scenario will occur especially as hydroelectric and wind energy schemes are already in place and could be expanded without destroying nature. I would rather that legislation be put in place to ensure that all brownfield and existing buildings are utilised fully before destroying green site. Even in the picture of solar farms, it is clear that a lot of the greenery has gone from under the solar panels. It is something I see on the solar farms I run past on my weekly run. While windmills may ruin the scenery, the farms underneath them seem to do rather well. There are several large supermarkets and warehouses with nothing on there roofs. I am aware that amazon were in the headlines commissioning solar farms. I have not seen any solar panels on any of their warehouses. I am happy to be corrected if this policy has changed

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If all roof tops are filled and there is still a need for electricity generation, then may be we can look at this hybrid model. Unfortunately, Wales is a net exporter of electricity so unlikely the latter scenario will occur especially as h...

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