>Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government’s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.
>The north Devon solar farm was ordered to shut weeks before record high temperatures across Europe led to power supply warnings, due to concerns that the large amount of rooftop solar in the area could destabilise the power grid by triggering a “thermal overload”.
>The shutdown is expected to cost the cooperative scheme’s nearly 10,000 members about £2m in lost revenue before it is allowed to restart again in September.
>In a letter to more than 9,500 people and small business owners who own a stake in the Derril Water solar park, the cooperative’s board said the “unexpected” shutdown order was “enforced on our solar park and other generators in north Devon with no warning”.
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>Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government’s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.
>The north Devon solar farm was ordered to shut weeks before record high temperatures across Europe led to power supply warnings, due to concerns that the large amount of rooftop solar in the area could destabilise the power grid by triggering a “thermal overload”.
>The shutdown is expected to cost the cooperative scheme’s nearly 10,000 members about £2m in lost revenue before it is allowed to restart again in September.
>In a letter to more than 9,500 people and small business owners who own a stake in the Derril Water solar park, the cooperative’s board said the “unexpected” shutdown order was “enforced on our solar park and other generators in north Devon with no warning”.