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Second public consultation to be held for Cossans & BESS
4 February 2025

BLC Energy is holding a second public consultation for the proposed Cossans Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located 2.5km west of Forfar.
The second public exhibition will take place on Friday, 28 February 2025, at Padanaram Hall, Forfar, DD8 1PZ, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This follows the initial consultation in October 2024, 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 directly to residents living 2km from the project centre. The initiative is being designed in partnership with Octopus Renewable Infrastructure Trust.
Neil Lindsay, Project Lead for Cossans and Managing Director of BLC Energy, commented:
“We are excited to share our progress on the Cossans Solar and BESS project with the community and to showcase how local feedback has helped to shape the final plans.
“This project promises to deliver clean, green energy, helping to achieve Scotland’s targets of 4-6GW 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.”
Situated to the northeast of Glamis Castle, the Cossans Solar & BESS project will feature approximately 100,000 solar panels and up to 50MW energy storage capacity. If approved, the development will generate enough electricity to power over 16,500 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 Cossan’s webpage.