Plans for a huge solar farm in Oldham which were shelved during the pandemic could be brought back amid the ongoing energy crisis.
Planning permission was granted last year for the council to install 2,700 solar panels on more than 3.5 acres of land at Wrigley Head in Failsworth. It was a plan originally drawn up in 2018, but which was paused in 2020 during the pandemic with officers saying the long-term outlook for wholesale energy prices meant that the solar farm ‘no longer showed a viable business case’.
The town hall had already spent £120k on developing the project. But in May of this year, officers agreed to look again at progressing the project and carry out market testing, with the findings to be presented to cabinet. They have not yet been revealed.
