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POSTED BY: energyshareteam | ADDED: 10 months, 3 weeks AGO

Planning approval has been given to construct the UK's largest solar project on a Devon farm.

Independent renewable energy project developer TGC Renewables says the solar PV project will be the country's biggest to date.

As solar projects become more ambitious, and are able to be supported under the Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) mechanism, TGC Renewables is able to work with landowners keen to diversify their incomes and provide a regular supply of clean electricity to the national grid.

The 8MW project will provide the southwest of England based farm with a guaranteed rental income over the next 25 years, and enough electricity to power 2500 homes.

With the South West benefiting from high levels of sunshine and solar radiation, ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) developments now enable solar energy to be produced at a multi-megawatt scale.

The 27,924 PV panels will be installed over 5 interconnected fields on a site comprising 15.4 hectares, near South Brent in South Devon.

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