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2015 ARCHIVE

Langham Airfield Solar Farm
The scene from the knoll by the side of the reservoir, with the banging of two machines inserting steel posts into the ground. Each machine is controlled from a remote, and another man stands nearby with a level .. all in a particularly bitter wind!
The first view of the solar farm from a UAV - a drone- shows the installation of about 90% of the steel supports, that will carry the solar panels. The noise of the machines driving the supports into the ground accounts for the high-speed banging noises from the airfield! The trenches for the cables have already been dug, so in the next week or so I would expect deliveries of solar panels to commence.
A couple of weeks pass and an astounding amount of progress has been made. From the road it looked as if the steel upright supports had been largely installed
The boxes are taken from the delivery lorry and stacked by one fork-lift truck, whilst two others distribute them to the rows, at intervals, ready for installation.
The installers lift them out and lock them into the steel racks, right.
The organisation is impressive, with some workers placing the panel, whilst another moves down the rows adding something to the structure - like a car production line!
The organisation is impressive, with some workers placing the panel, whilst another moves down the rows adding something to the structure - like a car production line!
The organisation is impressive, with some workers placing the panel, whilst another moves down the rows adding something to the structure - like a car production line!
Taken on Tuesday 10 February by a drone, about 40% of the solar panels has been fitted, completing the section next to the reservoirs. The centre section is next ... and then a smaller section on the right. The boxes can be seen laid out in the foreground, ready for installation ... and the lorry is on the track nearby, probably still being unloaded! The line of Park Lane runs along under the very curved horizon!
The solar farm is close to going online, with all of the panels installed ... these views from the southern boundary.
The solar farm is close to going online, with all of the panels installed ... these views from the southern boundary.
The solar farm is close to going online, with all of the panels installed ... these views from the southern boundary.
The view to the north
Just a last trench, for wiring, to be dug in the still-sodden ground ... with the clay hanging on to the bucket like grim death!
The accuracy with which the uprights and panels have been placed is amazing. You can see a pretty smooth curve all the way to the end of the line. This does not happen everywhere!
The accuracy with which the uprights and panels have been placed is amazing. You can see a pretty smooth curve all the way to the end of the line. This does not happen everywhere!
A view along part of the new Right of Way, that is set to be open by the spring!
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Langham is a village and civil parish in the north east of Essex, England approximately 5 miles north of Colchester - close to junction 28 on the A12.