Harmony Energy to make UK solar debut with first 30MW selection in Yorkshire

• Renewables programmer Harmony Energy has actually protected preparing authorization from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for its initial solar site in the UK.

The unsubsidised 30MW advancement near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, will certainly see solar arrays set up on low-grade farming land. It will supply low carbon electricity to Northern Powergrid's distribution network.

Peter Kavanagh, CEO at Harmony Energy, claimed that renewable energy and also solar were "crucial" to ensuring the future secutiy of the UK's power providing, including that the business is "delighted that this scheme has actually been accepted."

" Harmony Energy has a tried and tested performance history of structure, possessing as well as operating windfarms throughout the UK and also previously this year we completed our initial energy scale battery power storage center, which was the initial in Europe to utilize Tesla's Megapack innovation.

" Now we are anticipating developing our very first solar possession, which forms an important part of our broader pipeline as we proceed our development."

Harmony has more than 500MW of battery energy storage plants construction-ready in the UK. In March, the firm was offered the go on for a 49.5 MW lithium-ion grid-scale battery power storage system is to be situated in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Additionally, the business has one more 200MW of solar assets in preparation, and also in August announed that it had actually submitted a preparation application along with new solar firm Ritchie Bland Energy Limited and also Harmony Energy for a 49.5 MW solar site in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire.

Peter Kavanagh added: "We recognise the relevance of a balanced power mix, making use of battery storage to supply flexibility to the grid as our penetration of renewable resource continues to enhance, and our own growth technique shows that.

" With assistance from major global investors as well as innovation pioneers, we are adding to the UK's shift away from nonrenewable fuel sources."

As part of the East Riding solar website, Harmony Energy will certainly offer financing to assist in local neighborhood projects.