EDF Renewables has acquired two 49.9MW solar projects in England and Wales – one at Burwell in Cambridgeshire from AGR and another at Porth Wen in Anglesey from Countryside Renewables.
Both projects have already secured planning permission, while the second also has consent for a battery storage unit. They are expected to be built by the end of 2022.
EDF said it would be making a number of biodiversity enhancements at each site. Hedgerows and new five metre wide reedbeds will be established around the perimeter at Burwell. Wildflowers will be planted and a mile-long wildlife corridor will be created at Porth Wen.
Mark Vyvyan-Robinson, onshore and solar director at EDF Renewables, said: “We are very happy to be adding these two excellent new projects to our growing solar portfolio. EDF Renewables is an experienced developer and we are firmly committed to solar as a technology which will help us accelerate a net zero future where clean energy powers all our lives.
“Investments like these are also contributing to the UK’s green economic recovery from Covid-19.”