NSIPS

The proposed site map for Elements Green's solar power plant. Image: Elements Green.

Elements Green partners with nature charities for biodiversity at 800MW solar park

December 5, 2024
UK-based renewables developer Elements Green has announced it will make its 800MW solar generation plant in Newark, Nottinghamshire, a “biodiversity haven”.
The consultation will run for eight weeks from 18 September, and the feedback EDF receives will inform the final proposals put forward in its DCO application. Image: EDF Renewables.

Second consultation opens for EDF’s Buckinghamshire utility-scale PV project

September 5, 2024
EDF Renewables has opened consultation on updated proposals for the Rosefield Solar Farm project that will also feature battery storage and is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).
A large stretch of solar PV in the countryside.

Mythbusting: solar PV’s impact on agriculutural land

August 28, 2024
Perhaps Labour’s biggest contribution to the solar industry in the UK (so far) has been the change in messaging about solar developments.
The Prospectus sets out new "tiers" of pre-application service that will be provided by PINS. Image: UK Parliament.

Planning Inspectorate’s new DCO Pre-application Prospectus: a help or a hindrance for NSIPs?  

July 31, 2024
In this exclusive blog, lawyers explain more about the Pre-application Prospectus and what the changes mean for NSIPs.
An image of a NextEnergy Capital owned solar farm in the UK. Image: NextEnergy Capital.

Labour government grants DCOs for three solar NSIPs, totaling over 1.3GW

July 15, 2024
Ed Miliband has granted development consent orders (DCOs) to three solar-based nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs).
Because of its status as an NSIP, plans for the Fenwick Solar Farm will have to be approved by the Planning Inspectorate, as well as the secretary of state for climate change and net zero. Image: Energy Solutions.

Fenwick Solar Farm consultation nears close

May 24, 2024
The second public consultation on a new solar farm planned for Fenwick, Doncaster, and developed by Boom Power will end on 31 May.

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