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Treviscoe Solar Farm

United Kingdom / Solar power / Project

We’ve been evaluating land to the north west of Treviscoe in Cornwall for development of a new solar energy farm.

This site has been carefully chosen for its potential to deliver solar-powered electricity to the grid, helping meet regional and national renewable energy targets.

The project, known as Treviscoe, is in the early stages of development.

Renewable energy – targets and benefits

In June 2019, the UK government amended the Climate Change Act of 2008 and set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Their aim: to set a world-leading target that will bring to an end the UK’s contribution to climate change. Cornwall have made their own impressive commitments – to achieve net zero by 2030 – in their Climate Change Action Plan.

Treviscoe solar energy farm could be a step in this energy transition, preventing nearly 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year, and producing enough clean, renewable electricity for over 9,000 homes.

The project intends to deliver other benefits – a community benefit fund, business rates contribution to the local economy, local jobs and supply contracts, as well as improvements to wildlife, with long term habitat management being a big part of the plans.

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Location

Finding a suitable location for a solar energy project is a careful balancing act. This proposal is located north-west of Treviscoe and west of St Dennis within the China Clay Area.

This site has been carefully selected as part of a detailed feasibility process which includes considering designated areas, land grade and the levels of solar energy that can be achieved. Local electricity grid connections have been analysed to identify where there is capacity to receive the amount of electricity being produced and a multitude of surveys have or are being carried out, such as ecology, landscape and flood risk to assess the lands suitability for solar energy farm use.

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Why Statkraft?

Statkraft is Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy and the leading developer in the European solar market. Having acquired solar pioneer Solarcentury in November 2020, our highly skilled development team operates across 21 countries with a 10GWp pipeline.

Our vision is a world that runs entirely on renewable energy. We believe that renewable energy can power every industry, every business, every community, every home. It can power progress. It can power possibilities. For us to meet growing energy demand, keep our planet’s temperature below breaking point, and close the gap for nearly one billion people in the world who still have no access to electricity, renewable energy can’t be part of the solution - it must be the solution.

When developing a project, Statkraft manage the whole process – from the early stages of community engagement, to submission of a planning application, to financing, construction and operation of the solar energy farm. We will engage with the neighbouring communities in advance of submitting any planning application, and we welcome community suggestions and views.

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Estimated timeline

  • Stage 1: Site Selection

    From March 2021

  • Stage 2: Pre- planning

    Throughout 2021

  • Stage 3: Planning application submission

    2024

  • Stage 4: Construction

The project team

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Tim MacKeller
Project Manager
Suzy Kerr
Community Liaison Manager

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