BELECTRIC UK announced today that they had successfully connected 43.5MWp of UK solar farms, across five projects, within the first quarter of 2014, with all projects receiving the higher 1.6 ROC subsidy.
The five UK solar farms, Marsh Solar Farm (14 MWp),Weston Longville Solar Farm (10.5MWp), Holton Solar Farm (10MWp) Higher Tregarne Solar Farm (5MWp) and Willersey Solar Farm (4MWp), brings the total MWp installed by BELECTRIC UK to 60 MWp, which is enough energy to supply the equivalent annual electricity demands of 18,000 houses.
“I’m delighted to announce that BELECTRIC has completed the construction and connection of five solar farms on time and on budget in the first quarter of this year. We have now also reached a milestone of 50MWp of thin film solar photovoltaic panels installed by us in the UK, making us the clear market leader for this advanced technology,” said Toddington Harper, CEO BELECTRIC UK.
The subsidy rate for projects under the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROC) scheme dropped from 1.6 to 1.4 / MWh on 31st March 2014 and a refusal from government to extend the deadline even in the face of adverse weather conditions such as storms and severe flooding left many developers and EPC’s rushing to get projects completed and connected to the grid in time. However BELECTRIC’s vertically integrated approach enabled BELECTRIC UK to overcome this challenge.
