By Matt Simpson Audience and Content Editor
A ground-mounted solar area being constructed (Storengy) PLANS to create solar farm to help a natural gas storage operator become more carbon neutral have been given the green light. Storengy UK Ltd applied to Cheshire West and Chester Council for permission to build the renewable energy installation at its Stublach site near Byley, where the company owns and operates the country s largest underground gas storage facility. Once installed, the proposed solar farm would produce 1.8 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of electricity for the Drakelow Lane site. As part of the company s application, a design and access statement said: Storengy UK Ltd has a vision of being ‘carbon neutral by 2025’.