Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is planning to set up its own solar farm which it hopes will offset more than 1,500 tonnes of carbon a year. The council’s cabinet will receive an update on Monday, March 21 on the project to build and finance a credible solar farm at a total cost of nearly £7m.
The name and location of the site has been kept anonymous at this stage for commercial reasons, the cabinet report said. Negotiations are in the crucial stages of the process to agree a power purchase agreement/off-take contract with a potential partner and the council has also signed a non-disclosure agreement.
So far £130,000 has been committed to the project towards the feasibility and development stages which is funded from existing resources already set aside to support key energy generation projects. The estimate for the full development and construction costs for this entire project is in the region of £6.82m, including all fees.
