Uniper SE has authorized the development of a 46.2-megawatt (MW) wind farm in East Ayrshire, Scotland, anticipating to place the ability into manufacturing 2028.
The German energy and fuel utility mentioned it’s continuing as a sole proprietor, with out co-developer Energiekontor UK Ltd. Uniper expects the seven-turbine undertaking to begin development 2027.
It’ll have sufficient technology for 66,000 United Kingdom properties annually, primarily based on a median family consumption of about 2,700 kilowatt hours (kWh), in keeping with Uniper.
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The stability of plant contractor is AE Yates Ltd., whereas development administration companies will likely be offered by Energiekontor UK Development Ltd. The wind generators are from Nordex.
“Uniper has roughly 230 MW of photo voltaic tasks in execution throughout Europe”, Alex Smethers, Uniper head of renewables in the UK, mentioned in a web based assertion. “We’re dedicated to growing our renewable vitality portfolio and are decided to assist meet our goal to speed up the vitality transition by making our enterprise carbon-neutral by 2040”.
The corporate mentioned, “Uniper is dedicated to increasing its renewable portfolio throughout Europe, specializing in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, and Poland. The aim is to develop as much as 10 gigawatts capability of ready-to-build standing tasks by the early 2030s”.
In August 2023 Uniper introduced plans to take a position over EUR 8 billion via 2030 in decarbonization efforts.
Earlier this 12 months Uniper introduced 5 photo voltaic technology tasks with a mixed capability of about 233 megawatts peak (MWp) in Germany, Hungary and the UK.
In Germany, Uniper will assemble a 17 MWp photo voltaic park on the ash landfill of the previous Wilhelmshaven coal-run energy plant. With technology of about 17,000 MW hours a 12 months, the photo voltaic facility can energy as much as 4,500 households, primarily based on a median family consumption of about 3,300 kWh each year, Uniper mentioned February.
The 14-hectare park can have 28,500 photo voltaic modules, which will likely be put in utilizing specialised anchoring methods designed for the landfill website.
“The PV Park Voslapper Groden, along with the deliberate electrolysis plant, the hydrogen import terminal, and the customer middle, types an vital cornerstone of our regional undertaking portfolio”, mentioned Uniper renewables chief govt Jörg Lennertz, referring to the Inexperienced Wilhelmshaven undertaking. Inexperienced Wilhelmshaven, envisioned to be a European hydrogen interconnection hub, will embody a one-gigawatt electrolyzer deliberate to be powered by offshore wind.
Commissioning for the photo voltaic undertaking is focused for the primary half of 2026. Development will likely be carried out by Greening Group.
In Hungary, Uniper will construct two photovoltaic farms, one in Tét with a capability of 90 MWp and one other in Dunaföldvár with a capability of 61 MWp. With a mixed capability of 151 MWp, the vegetation can provide as much as 92,000 households, primarily based on a median consumption per family in Hungary of round 2,400 kWh a 12 months, Uniper mentioned.
The Tét undertaking is deliberate to go surfing 2027. The Dunaföldvár undertaking is focused to go onstream 2026.
EXTOR Power Zrt. bagged the contract to construct the vegetation. Maxicontech Kft. and Spie Hungaria Kft. will deal with the grid connection in Tét and Dunaföldvár respectively.
The UK tasks are the Tamworth Photo voltaic Farm with a capability of roughly 44.2 MWp and the 21.33-MWp Totmonslow Photo voltaic Farm. Their collective capability can energy about 23,300 properties a 12 months, primarily based on a median family consumption of round 2,700 kWh, Uniper mentioned.
Uniper goals to attach the tasks, which acquired approval from native planning authorities in 2023, to the grid subsequent 12 months. The Tamworth undertaking gained a contract for distinction August 2024.
The photo voltaic farms “will likely be among the first renewable vitality tasks to be delivered by Uniper within the UK”, mentioned Smethers.
The corporate mentioned, “Within the UK, Uniper is exploring alternatives to probably develop renewable tasks in and round its present energy stations with a deal with the event of photo voltaic and onshore wind tasks, which for some tasks might additionally embody the set up of battery storage services”.
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