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Cleve Hill, the \u00a3450m project producing 350MW, expected to receive go-ahead this week<\/h3>\nCleve Hill, the \u00a3450m project producing 350MW, expected to receive go-ahead this week<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
The Guardian<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s largest solar farm, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 91,000 homes, is poised to receive the greenlight from ministers this week.<\/p>\n The subsidy-free renewables park is expected to reach a capacity of 350MW by installing 880,000 solar panels \u2013 some as tall as buses \u2013 across 364 hectares (900 acres) of farmland in the\u00a0Kent<\/a>\u00a0countryside.<\/p>\n The project is expected to be constructed one mile north-east of Faversham close to the village of Graveney and may also include one of the largest energy storage installations in the world.<\/p>\n The developers expect to receive a development consent order for the \u00a3450m project from the business secretary, Alok Sharma, on Thursday almost three years after talks began with local stakeholders over plans for the park.<\/p>\n Once it has the final g0-ahead from the government the developers hope to begin building the Cleve Hill\u00a0solar farm<\/a>\u00a0from early next year, and begin generating clean electricity by 2023.<\/p>\n Renewable energy is considered a crucial element in the UK\u2019s plans to end its contribution to the climate crisis by building a carbon neutral economy by 2050, and it could also\u00a0help spur economic growth<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n The UK\u2019s growing fleet of solar panels has produced record levels of clean electricity in recent weeks, reaching fresh highs of 9.68GW last month and helping the UK energy system to\u00a0its longest stretch without coal-fired power<\/a> since the Industrial Revolution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n