{"content":[{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.09615,"top":0.059162,"width":0.019665000000000002,"height":0.01863}},{"text":"Background","bbox":{"left":0.179634,"top":0.059162,"width":0.1258,"height":0.01863}},{"text":"1.1","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.094732,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.015923000000000007}},{"text":"In May 2019, Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) declared a Climate and \n Environment Emergency. In 2020 the Council set a corporate objective to deliver \n net-zero carbon emissions for Cambridgeshire by 2050 and published its Climate \n Change and Environment Strategy (CCES) approved at Full Council in May 2020. \n The strategy includes measures to mitigate climate change and puts the use of the \n Council’s assets to generate clean energy at its core.","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.094732,"width":0.73562,"height":0.097878}},{"text":"1.2","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.20947,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.015922999999999993}},{"text":"In December 2020, Commercial and Investment Committee approved the investment \n case for the North Angle Solar Farm (NASF) which included the costs for a private \n wire connection to supply Swaffham Prior Community Heat Project (SPCHN). \n Committee also agreed to scope detailed options for the private wire connections, in \n particular for the connection and supply of electricity to SPCHN. The aim being to \n sell approximately 5% of the electricity generated at NASF to the proposed \n Swaffham Prior Community Heat Project at £0.05/kWh, equivalent to the wholesale \n price supplied to the Grid. This could mitigate the risk on 5% of the NASF \n generation to wholesale price reductions, supply clean electricity locally and benefit \n the SPCHN.","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.20947,"width":0.757306,"height":0.163478}},{"text":"1.3","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.389807,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"The NASF project received planning permission in September 2020 and work is \n underway discharging the relevant pre commencement planning conditions and \n finalising the implementation plans to mobilise the project. The project construction is \n scheduled to start in summer 2021 with the view to supply electricity during the \n second half of 2022.","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.389807,"width":0.756424,"height":0.081488}},{"text":"1.4","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.488154,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"In January 2021, the Council’s Environment & Sustainability (E&S) Committee \n approved the investment case and the capital expenditure for the SPCHN including \n the estimated costs for the private wire to connect SPCHN to NASF.","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.488154,"width":0.740258,"height":0.048705}},{"text":"1.5","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.553742,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"The SPCHN project secured planning permission on 24th November 2020 and the \n scheme is due to start construction in summer 2021. This project must start \n supplying heat to initial customers by 31st March 2022. The main bulk of customer \n connections will progress from April 2022 onwards.","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.553742,"width":0.733897,"height":0.06509700000000007}},{"text":"1.6","bbox":{"left":0.09615,"top":0.635698,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"The outcome of this report is to progress to detailed design and construction of the \n private wire connection, which will supply clean electricity from late 2022 from the \n NASF to SPCHN.","bbox":{"left":0.179634,"top":0.635698,"width":0.735352,"height":0.048705}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.701207,"width":0.019665000000000002,"height":0.018630000000000035}},{"text":"Progress Update","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.701207,"width":0.17673000000000003,"height":0.018630000000000035}},{"text":"2.1","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.736753,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"Both NASF and SPCHN must connect to the local electricity distribution network at \n the same point, Burwell Local substation. It is essential for both projects to connect \n to the distribution network; for NASF it allows the project to sell clean electricity \n wholesale into the market via the distribution network and for SPCHN to access \n electricity supplies for the heat pumps at the energy centre when the NASF is not \n generating sufficient supplies e.g. at night or during peak winter.","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.736753,"width":0.737562,"height":0.09791400000000006}},{"text":"2.2","bbox":{"left":0.096352,"top":0.851526,"width":0.028081999999999996,"height":0.01592300000000002}},{"text":"The distribution network in this area of East Cambridgeshire is heavily constrained. \n This means the majority of new connections must connect to the 33kV system rather \n than 11kV and pay for network upgrades as part of this process.","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.851526,"width":0.75343,"height":0.048699999999999966}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}