The three solar sites are located in the Newark and Sherwood district at Foxholes, Knapthorpe and Muskham and are currently going through a formal planning application process. In a further commitment to delivering the low carbon energy the country needs to get to net zero, SSE is also developing a battery storage site in the local area near Staythorpe.
Overall SSE says it's investing £25bn to 2030 in low carbon technology to power the UK and Ireland towards net zero – creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process.
SSE’s Solar and Battery business is developing utility scale assets across the UK and Ireland, with a secured 700MW pipeline already declared and a further 1GW of sites under assessment.
SSE expects to be generating power from its first battery storage site at Salisbury later in the year. Construction is also expected to get underway this year at SSE’s first 30MW solar site at Littleton in Worcestershire.
Original press release and photo credit to: SSE
