A planning application for a 49.9MW solar scheme and a 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS) has been filed with North Yorkshire Council for fields off Brownmoor Lane, south west of Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold.
The plans have been drawn up by green energy developer Ampyr Solar Europe, which says the 95-hectare scheme would power 24,400 homes and save 21,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
The application includes solar panels and BESS, together with transformers, inverters, cabling, a substation and potentially a new electricity pylon.
Access would be from the A19 and then along existing private tracks, although new internal tracks would be created.
The applicants have also proposed landscape mitigation measures and areas set aside to deliver biodiversity net gain.
The solar arrays would be laid out horizontally running east-west and would be mounted on metal frames facing north-south to maximise the absorption of sunlight.
The transformers would be located in the centre of the solar panels in each area of the solar farm, while the proposed BESS and substation would be built on the south of the eastern section of the site.
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