Voltalia starts structure 49.9-MW solar park to provide London company area

• French eco-friendly power producer Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA) has actually kicked off the construction of a 49.9-MW solar park that will be supplying clean power to the City of London business district.

South Farm Solar will be capable of generating sufficient electricity for about 15,000 UK residences once it goes on the internet in the course of 2022, Voltalia claimed on Monday. The photovoltaic or pv (PV) park will operate under a 15-year power acquisition agreement (PPA) with the City of London Corporation, the controling body of the popular organization area that is additionally known as the Square Mile.

The PPA was signed last November. Thanks to it, greater than 50% of the City Corporation's electricity requirements will be covered by solar power. The power will certainly be made use of at the community authority's Guildhall headquarters, 3 wholesale markets and also the Barbican arts centre.

South Farm Solar will certainly be built near the town of Spetisbury, in South West England's Dorset region.

Regional suppliers will certainly be used to implement the project, wherever possible, Voltalia kept in mind.