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EUROPE NEWS
INDEXEvoEnergy will install a 3.8MW solar array
at the Telford, UK, distribution center of
workplace supplies provider Lyreco. The
23,000m
2
installation will be among the
largest rooftop installations in the country
and, with almost 14,000 PV panels, will
become one of only five projects to
exceed 3.2MWh output each year.
Thearray is projected to save£50,000ayear
in energy costs, as well as mitigating the
environmental impact of the distribution
center and Lyreco's delivery vehicle fleet.
Addison Energy Ltd, a company fundedby
Guinness Asset Management's EIS service,
will own and operate the installation as
part of a 20-year power purchase
agreement.
“We are pleased to be investing in one
of the largest commercial rooftop solar
installations in the UK that will be built by
our long-term EPC partner, EvoEnergy,
and will enable industry leader Lyreco to
realize its environmental ambitions,” said
Malcolm King, investment manager for
Guinness Asset Management.
Up on the roof
The UK government has given approval
to offshore wind consortium Forewind
for the development of Dogger Bank
Teesside A&B, in addition to the Dogger
Bank Creyke Beck A&B. Both consented
developments have a proposed installed
capacityof 2.4GW,making themtheequal
largest renewable energy applications
to be approved in the UK, and together
at 4.8GW are believed to be the world's
biggest planned offshore wind scheme.
The Forewind consortium of RWE, SSE,
Statkraft and Statoil has ceased work
on its remaining development consent
applications for the vast Dogger Bank area
to focus efforts on the four areas with consent.
The company commented: "These
four Dogger Bank projects are a huge
commitment and will require significant
resources and attention from the owner
companies to progress to the next
stages. Together their capacity is almost
equal to the total of all the offshore wind
farms currently in operation in the UK.”
The discontinued phase, known as Dogger
Bank Teesside C&D, has been removed
from Forewind's portfolio and the rights to
develop that area of seabed, along with
the remainder of the Dogger Bank Zone,
have been returned to The Crown Estate.
Dogger Bank go ahead
Lyreco