EcoPower Suffolk

The project is a solar farm with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and with a connection to the existing National Grid electricity substation at Leys Lane, Yaxley, Suffolk. The proposed development is expected to have a generation capacity of around 250 MW and 11 gigawatt hours of energy storage. The proposed development site is approximately 600 hectares (ha) in size, predominantly across five solar array areas situated around the Yaxley substation (on separate land parcels to the southwest of Stuston, northeast of Eye, north of Gislingham, north of Occold, and southwest of Thrandeston).

The proposed development also includes cable route corridors (connecting the solar array areas and new substation to the Yaxley substation). The proposed development is located within the Mid Suffolk District Council area.

Suffolk County Council letter to parishes about EcoPower Suffolk

Cllr Richard Rout has written a letter to Parish Councils, setting out the information available to help them engage with the project promoter, and emphasising the need to engage on matters of detail from the very outset of the consultation, because of the rapid pace at which the project is being brought forward.

More information about the project

Visit the EcoPower Suffolk website.

Read all the public documents relating to EcoPower Suffolk on the Planning Inspectorate website.