Voltalia begins building of 50MW South Farm solar site

• Voltalia has actually started building and construction of its 49.9 MW South Farm solar plant near Spetisbury, Dorset.

In November 2020, the worldwide renewable resource firm authorized a ₤ 40 million power acquisition arrangement (PPA) with the City of London Corporation for the site.

When finished, the website will provide electrical power for the Square Mile for 15 years, assisting to power structures like Guildhall and the Barbican Arts Centre. South Farm will certainly offer over half of the City Corporation's electrical energy requirements.

" We are very pleased to support the City of London Corporation in its 2040 web carbon no target," claimed Sébastien Clerc, Voltalia's CEO.

" Our completely incorporated account allows us to provide the City of London with our knowledge over the whole life cycle of the power plant from construction to power production. We look forward to providing tidy electrical power to the historical Square Mile as well as the financial and also commercial heart of the UK."

Voltalia got preparing consent for the website in January 2020, and also with building now underway it is expected to be commissioned in 2022. The company is making use of professionals southern West for the grid connection, the fencing and also compound building, and will certainly use regional distributors for the project any place else it can.

In June, the firm also secured a 10 years PPA with danger monitoring firm Axpo for its 7.2 MW Tonge solar park in Kent.

Along with its solar growths, Voltalia is also dealing with utility-scale storage in the UK, and announced the start of construction of its 32MW/32MWh Hallen battery system in April.