Article 53VM9 Britain's largest solar farm poised to begin development in Kent

Britain's largest solar farm poised to begin development in Kent

by
Jillian Ambrose
from Environment | The Guardian on (#53VM9)

Cleve Hill, the 450m project producing 350MW, expected to receive go-ahead this week

Britain's largest solar farm, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 91,000 homes, is poised to receive the greenlight from ministers this week.

The subsidy-free renewables park is expected to reach a capacity of 350MW by installing 880,000 solar panels - some as tall as buses - across 364 hectares (900 acres) of farmland in the Kent countryside.

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