Spaceport cornwall to open by 2021 & will incorporate 2 pv sites to provide extra power.

Cornwall and Virgin Orbit are committing to a partnership seeking to deliver a horizontal launch Spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay, UK, by 2021, creating a satellite technology cluster of national importance. A total of over £22 million (US$28 million) has already been pledged towards the project. Current plans involve integrating a solar farm located to the north of Newquay, large enough to create one megawatt of electricity, or enough to power 110 homes. The power output will equate to about 1% of the centre’s electricity uses. A second, much larger, solar energy complex currently being planned is projected to harvest 10 megawatts of electricity from sunshine. Excess power will ultimately be transferred to the grid, say the planners.

29 August 2019

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