Project Overview
The Project includes the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, an on-site battery energy storage system, electrical substations, and the necessary infrastructure to connect to the existing 400kv overhead line, that runs north south between Norwich Main and Bramford. If approved, East Pye Solar has the potential to provide up to 500MW of renewable energy.
The Project would be located entirely within the administrative boundaries of Norfolk County Council and South Norfolk Council. The land currently being considered for the Project, consists of multiple sites approximately 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) in area, located south of Norwich and north of Harleston. The solar photovoltaic panels (PV panels) are concentrated east of Long Stratton, with an additional cluster located south of Great Moulton, approximately 6.5km to the southwest of solar PV panels around Long Stratton. The Great Moulton location has been identified for the potential siting of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) associated with East Pye Solar, which will have a capacity of up to 500 megawatts (MW).
The design life of East Pye Solar is expected to be 60 years. At the end of the Project’s operational life a decommissioning plan will be enacted. This plan will detail the removal of infrastructure and restoration of the site to its original use.
We have not yet finalised the layout of East Pye Solar at this early stage in the development process, as this will evolve on the findings from environmental and technical surveys we are carrying out and feedback we receive through consultation and engagement.
East Pye Solar is a proposed utility-scale solar park and battery energy storage facility (BESS) to be constructed in South Norfolk.
The map below provides an overview of our early-stage proposals for the Project, which we are consulting on during our first stage of consultation. This includes indications of:
Ten areas where solar development (including panels and associated infrastructure) is being considered.
Areas (within the ten sites) being considered for environmental mitigation and enhancement.
Our initial cable search corridor: within which we will locate a preferred route for our underground cables to connect the Project to the new National Grid substation.
Areas for potential Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) development and the point of connection to the National Grid.
Please scroll below to use our interactive map where you can search for a location and see how it relates to the site.
