Lightsource BP says it has kick-started construction contracts for its largest ever UK solar project. Construction of the 61MWp project will begin at Tiln Farm, Retford in November. Lightsource BP will be investing over £40 million into the project.
The company said the UK is a “key market” in achieving its global ambitions to develop 25GW by 2025. Its UK project development pipeline, is almost exclusively made up of sites this size and larger. Construction of this project will take approximately 11 months.
Once complete, 50GWh of renewable energy generated by the project will be sold to Forterra, a UK building products manufacturer, annually for 15 years via a corporate power purchase agreement.
Kareen Boutonnat, CEO of EMEA and APAC, Lightsource bp, said: “Deploying solar in the UK is a key aspect of combatting the energy crisis – the fact that we can deliver a +60MWp project like Tiln in under a year is critical. The addition of battery storage is another vital development.”
At the site £560,000 will be spent on a Biodiversity Management Plan which includes 10 acres remaining free from panels that will be turned into wildflower meadows.