- Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Wins contract for a 350MW solar-plus battery storage project.
- The plant will produce enough electricity to power 100,000 homes yearly.
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners gas won a contract for difference (CfD) for a 350 MW solar-plus-battery storage project in Kent, South East England. The award is the largest solar award in the UK government’s fourth allocation round. The contract, which is for 15 years, is tied to Project Fortress. Quinbrook states that the contract will aid it in commencing construction by the end of this year. The scheme is set to become the largest single-site photovoltaic (PV) park in the UK.
Upon the commencement of operations, the solar farm will produce enough power to meet the demand of about 100,000 homes per year. The farm will be coupled with a battery storage facility that will provide flexibility to the national power grid. “We will now look to contract the balance of the project’s supply capacity to a blend of corporate and utility customers over the coming months,” said Rory Quinlan, co-founder and managing partner of Quinbrook.
The CfD auction was completed last week, awarding support to 93 renewable energy projects across various technologies. The combined capacity of the winning proposals stands at almost 1GW.