METLEN has announced the signing of six engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for five solar parks and one battery energy storage system (BESS), with a combined capacity of 313.4MW, in the UK.
The total value of the contracts is approximately £110m ($147.64m).
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The projects include the 71MW Hulam Solar Park and 53MW Sheraton Solar Park located in Durham for Lightsource bp, the 55MW Scruton Solar Park situated in Northallerton for AMPYR Solar Europe, the 18.9MW Henley Solar Park in Shropshire, and the 84.5MW Benthead Solar Park in Scotland for Aukera Energy.
Additionally, METLEN has secured a contract for the Benthead BESS with a storage capacity of 73.3MWh.
Construction on the projects is scheduled to commence at various stages throughout this year, with all projects anticipated to be completed by the end of 2026.
In addition to these recent ventures, METLEN has completed three renewable energy initiatives across the UK.
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By GlobalDataTwo of these are for AMPYR Solar Europe in Norfolk, including the 10MW Northwold solar park and the 9.86MWh capacity Northwold BESS.
Furthermore, the company completed the 73.31MWh Coal Pit BESS near Manchester for Pulse Clean Energy.
With an expanding portfolio comprising 85 renewable energy projects, METLEN is positioned to support the UK’s transition towards cleaner energies.
These projects include 58 solar initiatives with an installed capacity reaching 1.54GW alongside 27 BESS installations with a capacity of 1.18GWh, collectively representing nearly one-third share within Britain’s storage market.
Earlier this month, METLEN signed a ten-year power purchase agreement with iliad Italia, a telecommunications operator, to provide solar energy from two utility-scale solar farms in Italy.
With a combined capacity of 15MW, the two solar farms are expected to provide 20GWh of clean electricity annually to iliad.
The solar farms are planned for grid connection at the end of this year and will help iliad in avoiding more than 5,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
