BayWa r.e. obtains solar-plus-storage project in UK
- German renewables firm BayWa r.e. AG has actually obtained the legal rights to the Driffield project near Kingston-upon-Hull in Yorkshire, England, where it will install a 45-MWp solar farm with 30 MW of co-located battery storage space.
The project was acquired from UK-based independent renewables programmer Harmony Energy, Baywa r.e. introduced today without giving various other information on the deal.
Driffield is a completely consented project, with the building and construction slated to begin at the end of 2022. BayWa r.e. expects to wrap up operate in early-mid 2023, it claimed.
The Driffield plant's output is approximated at around 45 GWh each year. The solar farm and also the battery will share the same grid connection, which will make the site among UK's initial PV-plus-storage co-locations, according to BayWa r.e
The current deal follows BayWa r.e.'s purchase of the Scurf Dyke co-located storage space project near Hull, which will certainly integrate a 50-MW battery with a 80-MWp solar farm.
In more storage information from BayWa r.e., the firm signed a new procedures and also maintenance contracts for 2 battery sites in Dorset in partnership with a company called Ingenious.
