PPA signed for 373 MW solar plus 150 MW battery storage project in UK

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Quinbrook) has announced two long-term offtake agreements with Tesco and Shell covering 100% of the solar power generation from its 373 MW solar plus 150 MW battery storage project (Cleve Hill) in the UK.

Tesco has signed a 15-year agreement for 65% of the energy output from Cleve Hill Solar Park, while Shell will manage the remaining capacity under a 10-year route-to-market deal. Cleve Hill, the UK's first utility-scale solar project, was initially developed by Wirsol and Hive Energy and later acquired by Quinbrook in 2021. The project is scheduled to be fully commissioned by early 2025.

Cleve Hill was granted development consent in May 2020 by the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Once operational, it is expected to generate enough renewable power each year to meet the power needs of 102,000 UK homes and help reduce carbon emissions by more than 142,000 tonnes in the first year of operations, equivalent to the carbon sequestered by more than 2.3 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years.