NextEnergy Solar Fund has energised the 50MW Staughton subsidy-free solar plant in England.
The project is located on a former airfield on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border.
Electricity generated by the plant will be bundled with NESF’s existing portfolio of generating plants and sold under sales contracts already in place.
Staughton is the fund’s second subsidy-free solar plant energised during the current financial year following the completion of the 5.4MW Hall Farm 2 facility in Leicestershire in August.
The company’s overall portfolio of operating solar farms has increased to 755MW spread across 90 individual projects – including three residential rooftop arrays.
The fund has also started preparing the site for construction of its next subsidy-free solar plant, the 8.5MW High Garrett plant.
High Garrett is an extension to the 5MW Kentishes project acquired in 2016.
It is expected to be completed during the first half of 2020.