Solar developer 35 Degrees has secured the go ahead from Cornwall Council to bui ...

Solar developer 35 Degrees has secured the go ahead from Cornwall Council to build the UK’s first solar photovoltaic park at a disused tin mine near Truro in Cornwall. The site at Wheal Jane will use around 5,000 solar panels to generate 1.34 GWh of zero-carbon solar power annually. 35 Degrees will work with SOLON SE - one of the largest solar module manufacturers in Europe - as well as Cornish solar business, Plug into the Sun, to develop the site. Stephen McCabe, Managing Director of 35 Degrees, said: ‘This is the first major milestone for the UK in directly harvesting the inexhaustible energy of the sun. It is also the first building block in bringing a new growth industry to Cornwall and the UK.’ Cornwall Council estimates solar power developments could lead to up to £1bn of investment into the county. Interest in solar energy in the UK has been boosted by the government’s feed-in tariff scheme, which was launched in April and offers attractive subsidies to businesses and individuals that generate renewable energy that can be used on site or fed into the national grid.