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Green Hill solar farm wins development consent for up to 500MW
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent for Green Hill Solar Farm, a project of up to 500MW including ground-mounted arrays, energy storage and grid-connection infrastructure. It is the 114th of 182 energy infrastructure applications examined under the Planning Act 2008 regime so far.
Our readThe pace, 114 decisions reached out of 182 applications, is the more useful number here: it shows the consenting pipeline for solar and storage is still moving, not stalled.
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