Welsh Project For 46,000 Solar Panels Given Go Ahead
EEW Eco Energy World has announced that a proposal for a Solar Farm at Tyle'r-fedwen Farm, Cwmafan was approved by the Neath Port Talbot Planning and Development Control Committee.
The solar farm will comprise of nearly 46,000 solar panels each measuring 1.65m x 0.99m. Once installed, the capacity will be 11.47MW peak, generating enough energy to power around 3500 average homes each year.
Councillors and Council planning officers agreed a range of conditions to protect local amenity including limiting construction deliveries to weekdays outside "˜school gate' hours, along established routes.
In addition, the applicants are committing a Community Fund of £10,400 a year, for the 25 year life of the project. There will also be around 50 construction jobs, with best endeavours to recruit workers and procure construction material locally.
Svante Kumlin from Eco Energy World said: "The approval of this new solar farm near Cwmafan will allow us to work alongside Neath Port Talbot County Borough delivering green investment and providing clean renewable energy where it will make a real difference."
