A planning application for an innovative new renewable energy generation and storage project to the east of Sheffield has been submitted.
Independent renewable energy firm Banks Renewables is looking to create a new solar energy park at a 116-hectare site to the west of the Todwick Road Industrial Estate in Dinnington, around three miles to the east of Banks’ Penny Hill wind farm. The Common Farm Solar project would have an installed capacity of up to 50MW, which would be enough to meet the annual electricity requirements of up to 18,800 homes, displacing 11,470 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the electricity supply network each year.
The planning application is expected to come before Rotherham Council’s planning committee before the end of the year, having been revealed in June.
