Bilton Park Village Farm hopes to install 264 solar panels to produce green electricity for its park homes and caravans.
The site, on Bilton Lane, is a popular holiday location for people wishing to explore Harrogate and Knaresborough.
The owner of the site has now submitted a planning application to Harrogate Borough Council for the solar panels, which would cover 454 square metres of a field next to the site.
They would be capable of producing 90,471 kWh of electricity a year.
Planning documents say the park wants to improve the environmental impact of the business and the solar panels would reduce its carbon footprint by around 31 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
It also says that around 30% of the electricity generated will be exported back to the National Grid so it can be utilised by the public.
It adds:
“This means that the public can also utilise electricity which has been generated by renewable energy, further reducing the reliance on fossil fuels and power stations.
“The installation of the solar PV system would not solely serve the applicant but would also benefit other households.”
Harrogate Borough Council will decide on the plans at a later date.
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New energy plant to be built at major Harrogate district employer
A new heat and power plant is to be built at a major Boroughbridge company in an effort to create “cost-effective” energy after plans were approved.
Reed Boardall, which stores and delivers frozen food to UK supermarkets, employs 800 staff at its site off Bar Lane and operates a fleet of 196 vehicles 24 hours a day.
The company submitted plans for a combined heat and power plant, which would be built on its site and generate electricity.
Now, Harrogate Borough Council has given permission for the plant to go-ahead.
According to documents lodged with the borough council, the plant would work by “igniting air and natural gas to produce hot, high-pressure gases”.
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The gas would then be fed through a turbine to drive an electrical generator and produce electricity.
Andrew Baldwin, managing director of Reed Boardall’s cold storage division, told the Stray Ferret previously:
“We’re investing in a new combined heat and power system as a way of protecting the energy needs of our business for the future.
“It is more cost-effective than buying power from the National Grid and is generally considered to be a greener alternative. We expect it to be fully operational by the end of the year.”
A drawing of the energy plant at Reed Boardall as submitted to Harrogate Borough Council.
The company added that the energy would be used to power its headquarters in Boroughbridge. Any excess energy would be exported back to the local electricity network.
Construction of the plant is expected to take place over three months.
Once up and running, the plant would run for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, it would be unmanned and operated remotely.
