Plans for a new 80-acre solar panel farm in Warwickshire have been approved.
Novus Renewable Services, which specialises in solar development, has been granted permission by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council to develop, construct and operate the project at Tolldish Hall Farm, north of Aldermans Green.
The local plan states that 14,000 new houses will be needed within the area between by 2039.
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The new solar farm will generate 25MW of electricity which will be fed back to the grid and is said to be sufficient to power just over 7,000 homes.
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The site has been designed after considering issues such as grid availability, heritage, landscape, ecology, access and land quality.
Land development and property consultancy Mather Jamie worked on the project to secure planning permission.
Head of sustainable energy Hamish Byers said: "There is significant growth in the renewable energy market and planning committees seem to be supportive of projects.
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"Solar farms also enable farmers to diversify and create additional revenue in an agricultural industry which is under significant pressure.
"The 海角视频 has a target to be net zero by 2050 and this development at Tolldish Hall Farm will serve a key role in the vital transition towards using renewable energy.
"The conversion of the land from monoculture cropping to grassland mix will also have a significant biodiversity uplift."