NextEnergy Solar Fund has accelerated its timeline for developing subsidy-free solar in the UK, committing to completing four such projects over the next 12 months. The investor, which already owns around 539MW of operational solar in the UK, made the announcement within its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2017, which saw it produce more than 300GWh of renewable electricity for the UK.
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Custom Solar has won a tender from Associated British Ports (ABP) to install solar under a three-year framework agreement. ABP is planning a major roll out of the technology across various ports and under the agreement Custom Solar will help in identifying suitable development sites whilst also providing consultancy, design, installation and operation and maintenance services. ABP currently has around 8MW of solar installed across 15 of its ports in the UK, however the new framework will see this grow significantly with an initial 4.5MW to be installed by March 2018.
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