Quinbrook bags CfD for 350-MW solar-battery project in England

• Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has actually won a contract for distinction (CfD) for a 350-MW solar-plus-battery storage space project in Kent, South East England, thus grabbing the largest solar award in the UK federal government's fourth allotment round.

The 15-year contract is linked to Project Fortress, the renewables infrastructure investor said on Tuesday, including that it will allow it to introduce building and construction by the end of this year. The scheme is readied to create the largest single-site solar (PV) park in the UK.

As soon as in operation, the proposed solar farm will can creating enough electrical energy to provide approximately 100,000 UK homes every year. It will certainly be coupled with a battery storage space center that will supply flexibility to the nationwide power grid.

"We will certainly now seek to acquire the balance of the project's supply capacity to a blend of company and also energy customers over the coming months," said Rory Quinlan, founder as well as taking care of companion of Quinbrook.

Project Fortress was gotten rid of by the UK federal government in May 2020 and was granted the condition of a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). Quinbrook became the scheme's owner in September 2021.

The CfD auction was completed recently, awarding support to 93 renewable resource projects across numerous modern technologies. The combined capacity of the winning proposals stands at almost 11 GW.