The Solar farm on the Blackwater Road, near Bardon Vectis (see map below), has been completed.
The site, made up of 19,200 panels covers an area of 13.5 hectares, has the capacity to 4.5 MWp.
The company behind it, Vogt solar, says that the plant has a total output of 4.8 MW, capable of meeting the annual electricity requirements of around 1,300 households. This would, they say, save 61,000 tonnes CO2 over the lifetime of the project.
Large contribution
The Isle of Wight site is one of the company’s first seven UK sites that they’ve completed, with a total capacity of 10 MWp, so the Island one makes a large contribution to that.
Back at the end of July, during its construction, a number of solar panels were reported stolen from the site.
The Government has made changes to what was called the Fast-track feed in tariff, removing the financial incentive for large scale solar farms, so solar farms on this scale are unlikely to be seen again.
Update 20:22: Correction of use of WM, following advice from Andy Stanford Clark (thanks!). The solar company got it wrong!
Source: Solar power portal
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