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Second public exhibition to be held for West Springfield Solar Farm & BESS
12 March 2025
BLC Energy is holding a second public consultation for the proposed West Springfield Solar Farm and BESS , located west of Springfield and east of the Bow of Fife to Pitlessie Road. It is approximately 2.1 kilometres east of Ladybank and 1.2km south of the Bow of Fife.
The second public exhibition is on Friday 4 April 2025, at Springfield Church Hall, KY15 5RY, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This follows the initial consultation in March 2023, which was well-attended and generated valuable input from locals.
Attendees will have the opportunity to review the design and see how feedback from the first exhibition has been incorporated into the updated project plans. The exhibition will also reveal the results of environmental assessments and surveys, including visual impact and noise.
BLC Energy will also put forward plans to allocate 50% of the Community Benefit Fund to residents living within 2km of the project’s centre. The initiative is being designed in partnership with Octopus Renewable Infrastructure Trust.
Neil Lindsay, project lead for West Springfield Solar Farm and BESS and managing director of BLC Energy, commented:
“We are excited to share our progress on the West Springfield Solar Farm and BESS with the community and to showcase how local feedback has helped to shape ourplans. This project promises to deliver clean, green energy, helping to achieve Scotland’s targets of 4-6 gigwatts of solar deployed by 2030.”
“What’s more, we’re taking a pioneering approach to the Community Benefit Fund, which will see local residents directly benefit from the development, in addition to community initiatives and projects. We look forward to engaging with residents and answering any questions they may have at our upcoming exhibition.”
The West Springfield Solar Farm & BESS project will feature approximately 93,000 solar panels and up to 50MW energy storage capacity. If approved, the development will generate enough electricity to power over 12,500 homes annually and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 740,000 tons of CO2 equivalent over its operational lifespan, compared to traditional fossil fuel-based energy generation.
For more information, please visit the project page at the BLC Energy website here.