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The UK large scale Solar PV (photo-voltaic) market has grown from an emerging market to an established, mature sector of the UK energy industry. Installation costs are now declining and the demand for PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) ever increasing.
We are very active in this area, having developed over 800MW of large scale solar assets and are always seeking new opportunities for development. Ideal sites will be between 100 – 300 acres, either low grade quality agricultural land or brownfield sites preferred.
Having a solar farm installation will not mean the land will lose its agricultural use, after all they are only temporary and only benefit from having planning permission valid for 40 years.
The energy storage market is somewhat fairly new, although it is predicted to be worth £25bn globally by 2028. We explore stand-alone battery storage operated systems as well as co-located storage to existing solar farms.
Solar farms and storage seem intuitively to be a perfect match. The grid connection is typically underutilised due to the variable nature of the generation, space is usually available, and planning permission is either already in place or relatively simple to obtain.
We have developed some of the UK’s largest solar farms, with over 500MW already successfully built and now operational and over 1GW consented in planning.
