A 50MW solar farm and battery storage facility is being brought forward on the outskirts of Immingham
NEL Energy Park, from Engie, is proposed for land straddling the A180 close to the Stallingborough Interchange, and could potentially power the business park being brought forward as part of the South Humber Industrial Investment Programme.
A £30 million investment, it would be the second 海角视频 solar installation from the energy and services giant, with the renewables division operating separately to the local authority’s development partnership and the Grimsby headquartered Engie Fabricom engineering business.
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Unveiling it at a public consultation, Engie’s senior business development manager for renewables, Matthew Hayes, said: “We are looking at a phased development, with 29.9MW solar and 20MW for battery storage. We have been looking at this site for a couple of years, and there are opportunities to do more.
“There is the economic development site, potential for private wire supply to the business park , and there are the ports, big industry nearby, and all have got the same agenda – we have got to decarbonise.
“We are well versed in what the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership is trying to do.”
The panels would stand on the agricultural land at a height of 2.2m, with animal grazing a possibility.
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Subject to a successful consultation, held at Bert Boyden Community Centre, a formal planning application to North East Lincolnshire Council is anticipated just before Christmas or early in the new year.
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If passed, a six month construction timetable is anticipated for a “very accessible site” with the A1173 Mathew Ford Way providing direct access to the B1210 Stallingborough Road from the A180, from which both the northern and southern phases would be accessed.
Engie intends to own and operate the site, as it does with a small farm in Kent, and eight onshore wind farms, with the nearest in East Yorkshire, having initially operated as a joint venture under West Coast Energy, before it was bought out. It is also a partner with Portuguese firm EDPR in the 800MW Moray West offshore wind farm.
A near neighbour to Mauxhall Farm has welcomed the development, which would feature a grid connection as well as district potential. A corporate power purchase agreement may also be entered into.
David Talbot, chief executive of Catch , said: “The energy park development proposed on land adjacent to the SHIIP Stallingborough Interchange investment site, a stone’s throw from Catch, is an excellent project which directly benefits industry and jobs in the region.
“There is an urgent need for new industrial development land that offers investors potential low and net zero carbon opportunities and Engie is leading this approach in a region primed and ready to take on the Net Zero challenge.”
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