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About Statkraft
Statkraft is at the heart of the UK’s energy transition. Since 2006, Statkraft has gone from strength to strength in the UK, building experience across wind, solar, hydro, storage, grid stability, EV charging, green hydrogen and a thriving markets business.
Statkraft is a global company in energy market operations, more than 7,000 employees in over 20 countries.
We’ve invested over £1.4 billion in the UK's renewable energy infrastructure and facilitated over 4.3 GW of new-build renewable energy generation through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
Across our UK businesses we employ nearly 500 staff in England, Scotland and Wales and play a key role in helping the global business reach its goal of 9 GW of developed wind and solar power by 2025.
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About Alleston Solar Farm
The National Infrastructure Commission has suggested that 121GW of solar energy is needed to help the UK meet the carbon emissions targets. Solar energy is a key part of the renewable energy mix to generate clean, homegrown energy that will help tackle energy prices and heighten energy security.
In April 2019, the Welsh Government declared a climate emergency. Since then, decarbonisation targets in Wales have become even more ambitious, with the Welsh Government pledging to achieve 100% of the nation’s energy supplied by low carbon sourced by 2035.
To meet these targets, low carbon energy will need to be introduced, so the anticipated c. 30MW capacity of this site will make a significant contribution towards this.
It is quicker and easier to deploy than any other renewable energy generating technology. Solar is also the world’s lowest cost power technology and requires less capital investment and construction. Solar power costs have fallen about 85% since 2010, mainly driven by increasingly efficient production of solar panels, lower installation costs, and advances in materials technology. This makes it better placed to help deliver renewable energy now.
Solar farms can also be wildlife havens, by incorporating wildflower meadows, restoration of hedgerows, and native planting. The first results of a national survey produced with Lancaster University highlight the valuable biodiversity benefits from solar farms across the UK.
This area has a high level of solar irradiance to maximise efficient energy production and onsite grid connection. These are two key factors in selecting potential locations for solar farms.
The energy from the sun's radiation is referred to as solar energy. This energy is received as heat and light and can be converted to various useable forms - the most common being electricity. Photovoltaic cells convert the energy from solar radiation into electricity.
Energy generated with solar panels can be stored in batteries at sites such as our Greener Grid Parks, stored using technologies such as pumped storage or hydrogen electrolysis or used directly via the National Grid.
Statkraft is involved in the development and operation of solar farms across the UK and Europe. Our acquisition of Solarcentury in 2020 has strengthened our skills and experience to deliver quality solar projects to renew the way the world is powered.
The Solarcentury team who joined Statkraft have developed and built out more than 75 solar farms across the UK since 2011, giving them unparalleled experience in solar development in the UK.
The statutory consultation is taking place from 8 October – 19 November 2024, followed by submission of the application to PEDW and the Welsh Minister in Winter 2024/2025. If the application is successful, construction would take around 6-9 months, so the site could be generating solar power by late 2027
Site investigations have been carried out by a team of specialist consultants and the results of these studies have helped inform the draft planning application, which is being consulted on as part of the statutory consultation (8 October – 19 November 2024). A copy of the draft Environmental Statement is available to view in the Pre-Application Consultation Documents page of the website.
Consulting the Community
Throughout the design stage, we talked to consultees to gather feedback, and carried out studies and assessments that helped shape the design of the final project set out in the draft application documents.
To stay up to date with our project, you can provide contact details via the postal reply card or our Get In Touch page. We will email you with details of major project milestones. We will also update our Project Updates page as the project progresses.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions for the project team.