A new solar PV plant is planned for Nottinghamshire, with public consultations for the 49.9MW plant starting yesterday.
The Barrons Solar Farm is being developed by Perigus Energy, the European renewable energy platform launched by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on May 1, following the completion of its project. £1.25 billion acquisition of a portfolio from Ørsted.
Barron’s Solar Farm is expected to be connected to the National Grid at the Gedling Substation via underground cabling. It is the first addition to Perigus Energy’s pipeline since its inception.
The portfolio inherited by CIP includes onshore renewables in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain. It includes a gigawatt of planned solar PV projects in Britain, consisting of just two large-scale sites.
The two locations are the 740MW One Earth Solar projectcurrently awaiting a planning decision from the Secretary of State expected in July this year, and the 500MW Clean Air solar power plant, which is currently undergoing public consultation. Both are being developed in partnership with PS Renewables, making the Barrons Solar site the first to be brought forward solely by Perigus. It also differs from the inherited sites in that the plans do not currently provide for co-located battery energy storage.
While CIP’s asset acquisition covered Ørsted’s onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects in Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and Spain, including projects co-developed with other companies, Ørsted confirmed that Solar energy portal When the transaction was announced, the under-construction 300MW/600MWh BESS, located next to the 2.9GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind project, was not part of the sale.
