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Wombourne Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) will support our fight against climate change and help manage the imbalances in supply and demand of electricity through the national grid. BESS facilities play an important role in ensuring a stable and resilient electricity network and help avoid blackouts.
Wombourne BESS would make a positive contribution towards South Staffordshire Council’s declaration of a climate emergency whilst assisting the transition to a low carbon, nature positive, environmentally sustainable Council.
The proposed BESS will make a positive contribution in assisting local and national net-zero targets.
Further benefits:
The project will provide a scheme of landscape and ecological improvements to ensure a significant biodiversity net gain is achieved.
We believe that it’s right that the community closest to the site is able to benefit from it. A community benefit fund will be set up to help fund local projects.
Should our application be successful, South Staffordshire Council will earn significant revenue from business rates generated throughout the project lifecycle. This will directly help fund local services.
For more information on our proposals please visit www.wombournebess.com. Alternatively, you can view our full planning application by clicking https://planning.sstaffs.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application and inputting the reference number 24/01093/FULM. Please support the planning application by filling in the form below, and registering your views with South Staffordshire Council.