The United Kingdom has made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions to 30% below 1990 levels, by the year 2020 and to 80% below by 2050. The National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012 set out a presumption in favour of sustainable development and support for the delivery of renewable energy.
ELD was commissioned by Switch2Renewables, to act as part of the consultant team for a proposed 20MW Solar Park. The site covered a total area of 100 acres in rural Suffolk, covering part of a former airfield at Honington.
Solar Farm, Honington, Suffolk
