Plan to power nearly 3,000 homes from a landfill in Greater Manchester
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPlans for a solar farm at a landfill in Greater Manchesterwould power nearly 3,000 homes, the developer has said. The Whitehead site at Astley, on the border of Wigan and Salford, will be used to generate 10m watts of electricity, if the plans are given the green light.
This would be enough electricity to power more than 2,857 homes and offset more than 3,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, according to the Green Earth Developments Group.
The developer behind the scheme has said this is the equivalent of taking 750 cars off the road. The battery energy storage system would be able to charge, store and export 5MVA of electricity to the local distribution network.
The proposed facility could also provide power to the National Grid, contributing to the security of the country’s electricity supply. READ MORE: 'It was top, top secret': No-one knew about this nuclear bunker for years - now you can go inside A perimeter path around the restored landfill site, connecting the site to the wider public right of way network, is also planned.
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