Solar farm approved for former airfield near Market Drayton

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It'll be capable of powering 16,600 homes a year.

Shropshire Council’s northern planning committee unanimously backed the proposals which relate to 52 hectares of land at the former airfield in Eaton Upon Tern.

Two people spoke at the meeting urging the committee to refuse permission, with one describing the scheme as a “carbuncle on the landscape” and expressing concerns about contamination of the local water supply. He said the scheme would save 21,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere each year, and would provide a host of benefits including linking public footpaths and increasing biodiversity.

He also said he was satisfied from the site visit that the panels would be sufficiently screened from view.

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As long as it forms part of an integrated power source solution?

For who It just goes into the National grid.

For 20-30% of the time if there's sun and if theres too much sun they become inefficient, Shropshire is full of old mines you flood them pump out the free warm water make electricity 24/7 365 days

But for how long?

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