East Suffolk
Town Farm Solar Park
BSR Energy have submitted an application to East Suffolk District Council for a Solar PV scheme off of Town Farm Lane, approximately 2.8km north of the settlement of Saxmundham and to the eastern aspect of the A12. The Solar scheme will have an approximate design capacity of 21MWp and would generate an estimated 19,950 MWh of clean, renewable and sustainable electricity per year. This is the equivalent to the annual electrical needs of approx. 5,251 family homes*. The anticipated CO2 displacement is around 4,651 tonnes per annum!
* Based on an annual average domestic consumption per household (Great Britain) of 3,799 kWh. Source BEIS, Regional and Local authority electricity consumption statics 2018.
! Based on ‘Emissions associated with the generation of electricity at a power station (Electricity generation factors do not include transmission and distribution). Source BEIS, Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2020.