Voltalia lets 33MW battery facility in business initially in the UK

Sep 2, 2020 07:07 PM ET
  • Voltalia has made its first endeavor right into battery storage in the UK, completing the let of a 33MW facility near Bristol from Electric Land.
Voltalia lets 33MW battery facility in business initially in the UK
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Through a joint endeavor with the Low Carbon Alliance, Electric Land has actually completed the allowing of stage 1 of the Avonmoth Energy Park to Voltalia. The park was rented for 25 years, as well as has planning approvals, grid link and an ability market contract for the battery storage center.

French eco-friendly firm Voltalia currently has 1.2 GW in operation as well as construction of solar and wind in the UK, together with a pipeline of 7.8 GW that includes battery storage space it claimed. This completes EUR5 billion in protected revenues (2019-2044).

The business has been increasingly active in the UK throughout 2020, after securing planning consent for a 40MW solar ranch with battery storage space in Dorset in January, the company's very first move in the UK market for a number of years.

Avonmouth Energy Park has actually hit its 2nd stage of marketing, with a 50MW of shovel-ready Reserve Power Generation Facility, extendable to 65MW offered. It is Electric Land's largest project to day, and the business's fifth successful development.

The power framework land promo as well as financial investment car that forms part of the Foundation Property & Capital Group currently has 20 sites, 12 rented and also currently delivering over 165MW of a consented 286MW of generation and also storage space. Over the next year Electric Land is creating a pipe of an additional 247MW on individual websites from less than 1 acre to over 100 acres.

Ben Lansman, team managing supervisor claimed that the company had concentrated on specific niches where it can utilize it's "rare knowledge in taking care of small, complicated tasks to produce a protected income return whilst concentrating on creating considerable capital value" since its launch in 2011.

" We take early stage growth threat and also actively handle jobs which ultimately deliver long, ultra-secure, index-linked revenue from framework ground rental fees. In these tough times it is uncommon to have a profile delivering 100% of acquired revenue to our shareholders where we can continue to re-invest and also utilize our resources gains into a rapidly growing possession class run by utility business craving more renewable resource capacity."


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