Statkraft ends up being UK solar developer for very first time

• Statkraft has actually entered the UK solar developer market for the first time, thanks to a Joint Development Agreement with solar developer UK Power Associates Ltd (UKPA).

Norway's state-owned power titan has actually welcomed the agreement as a large action forwards in its plans to futher develop facilities in the UK. Currently it has a pipeline of around 400MW onshore wind advancements in planning.

" With three sites currently selected for possible advancement, amounting to over 300MW, this partnership stands for a fantastic way of jump-starting our solar advancement activity" said Richard Mardon, head of advancement Statkraft UK.

The firm was suggested by law firm Burges Salmon's Renewable Energy Team, as well as claims that the arrangement can offer a genuine payment to the nation's environment-friendly recovery, with the very first site anticipated to be completed by 2023.

Jimmy Blackburn, engineering supervisor at UKPA additionally welcomed the agreement, claiming: "UKPA are delighted to companion with Statkraft, who have the interest as well as capacity to proceed our pipeline of renewable as well as grid assimilation projects.

" The combination of batteries, secondary grid solutions with solar and also wind power systems will supply substantially more secure energy supplies, in addition to even more efficient use existing grid capacity."

Statkraft has actually already been associated with a number of solar plus storage tasks in the UK, with the batteries primarily offering secondary solutions for the grid. These consist of authorizing a hybrid power acquisition and also optimization agreement with Warrington Renewables for their 35MW website in May. In 2019, it partnered with redT on a fully-financed solar-plus-storage offering in what was hailed as a UK-first fully-funded offering for C&I consumers. Additionally, it commemorated the completion of the very first utility-scale battery in the Republic of Ireland in January, when its 11MW task on the Limerick/Kerry border ended up being fully functional.

The business has already made inroads into the Irish solar market as well, obtaining a 320MW profile of utility-scale properties in October 2019.