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Environment Agency welcomes new solar farm at former landfill site | |
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2022-02-08 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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Press release
Environment Agency welcomes new solar farm at former landfill siteSolar farm to be built on closed landfill site in Wednesfield, West Midlands ![]()
The Environment Agency is continuing to carry out its regulation of a historic, non-hazardous landfill site in Wednesfield, where construction of a new solar farm is currently underway. City of Wolverhampton Council, the current operator of the closed Bowmans Harbour landfill, is enabling The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust to develop the site to generate significant levels of renewable energy to power the nearby New Cross Hospital, in a step towards its goal of becoming net carbon zero by 2040. As part of the planning process, City of Wolverhampton Council is required to manage the landfill in its closed state by retaining the existing landfill monitoring infrastructure and continuing to provide access for the Environment Agency to carry out its regulation of the site. The Environment Agency has also highlighted to the council of the need to avoid damage to the cap of the landfill to prevent any issues going forward. The site, which was formerly mined for coal, was operated as a landfill until it was closed and capped in 1996-1997. Since then, the Environment Agency has continued to regulate the site, ensuring monitoring and maintenance of the site is managed in accordance with the site’s environmental permit. The solar farm, which at 11 hectares, is the size of around 22 football pitches and is due to be operational by summer this year, even though the site will not be fully complete by this time. It is estimated that the solar energy will power the hospital for three quarters of the year – around 288 days of self-generated renewable energy. Joe Craddock, Environment Officer at the Environment Agency said:
The improvements to the landfill infrastructure are important as they reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses being emitted from the site. Background informationThe solar farm is located approximately 1 mile to the north-east of Wolverhampton city centre and approximately 0.5 mile south of Wednesfield village centre. The solar farm is planned to produce 6.9 megawatts-peak per annum which will be fed direct to New Cross Hospital. New Cross Hospital will be the first hospital in England to fully utilise and operate its own facility providing renewable energy. The repository at Bowmans Harbour is the subject of an existing environmental permit issued to City of Wolverhampton Council by the Environment Agency in respect of environmental monitoring. The Environment Agency regulates the environmental permits held by a landfill operator, including a closed landfill. Within the environmental permits there are conditions controlling the operations that the site can carry out, which cover emission limits and the location and frequency of environmental monitoring. The conditions of the environmental permit are designed to prevent pollution and minimise impacts to the environment and human health. Appropriate measures are required to be taken by the holder of the environmental permit through the application of best practice. There is a long-term monitoring contract in place with City of Wolverhampton Council to meet the conditions of the environmental permit. Less potent greenhouse gasses are emitted if the landfill gas is burnt as opposed to being vented* so reducing the volume of gas being vented on the site will have a positive effect on the environment in terms of the greenhouse gases being emitted by the site.
Published 8 February 2022
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/345605 |
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