Plans submitted to increase Carlisle solar farm capacity by more than 350 per cent
Kingmoor Park solar farm
Plans have been submitted to expand the capacity of a Carlisle solar farm by more than 350 per cent.
Kingmoor Park Properties have this week submitted plans to expand the size of their existing solar farm, increasing their yield by more than 350 per cent.
If approved, the new plans could mean that up to three quarters of the business park’s energy is generated on site by more than 12,000 solar panels sat on 12 acres of land.
The new panels would be situated on farmland next to the existing site and therefore not hinder any future development plans whilst allowing the livestock to continue grazing, Kingmoor Park Properties said.
CHANGING WORLD: Managing director of Kingmoor Park Properties Neil McIntyre said that Covid-19 has been accelerating changes in the economy Exciting developments could be on the horizon at a major north Carlisle business park, with several significant new additions to the site potentially on the way. Kingmoor Park Enterprise Zone, on the northern edge of Carlisle is home to nearly 170 businesses, employing a total of a out 2,500 people. But the site could be in line for a number of significant additions in the near future, including one firm which has expressed an interest in investing somewhere in the region of £65m on a completely bespoke manufacturing plant , which would employ up to 70 people directly.