This website introduces our plans for Springwell Solar Farm, a proposed new solar farm with battery storage in North Kesteven.
We consulted on our early plans and proposals for Springwell between 24 January – 7 March 2023. We would like to thank everyone who sent us their feedback, which we will use to help us develop our plans ahead of the next stage of consultation.
You can get in touch with the team here if you would like further information.
Springwell is a proposed new solar farm with battery storage in North Kesteven that would provide enough clean, secure energy to power over 180,000 homes*. That’s around half of all the homes in Lincolnshire.
Like most solar farms, Springwell would have a fixed lifespan of around 40 years and could be built and operated with limited impact on the land beneath it. Once the panels are removed, the land could be returned to agricultural use.
We also want Springwell to benefit the local area throughout its lifetime and we will work closely with the community to identify opportunities to support local initiatives.
Springwell Solar Farm would help the UK build a cleaner, independent and affordable energy system and would make an important contribution to meeting the government’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The UK is undergoing a major change in the way it meets its energy needs. In 2019 the government legislated to commit the country to achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2050 as against 1990 levels.
* Based upon the average domestic electricity consumption per home (temperature corrected) per the Energy Consumption in the UK (published September 2021, Table C9 of ECUK: Consumption data tables)
