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Flint Landfill Site Castle Park

Operational2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 July 2020

Technology
Solar
Capacity
2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Flintshire County Council
Location
Flint Landfill Site, Castle Park Industrial Estate, Flint, Clwyd, Flintshire, CH6 5XA, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Flintshire
Planning application
59862
First operating
2021

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  • 29 April 2019 Planning application submitted
  • 16 August 2019 Planning permission granted
  • 1 September 2020 Construction started
  • 1 February 2021 Operational

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