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Thrive Renewables invests across the clean power sector. Paplaczynk explained: “Although we believe that wind and solar are equally as important, they face different market dynamics." Image: Thrive Renewables.

Thrive Renewables: Increasing focus on hybrid and co-location models in renewable investment

June 27, 2025
Monika Paplaczyk, chief investment officer at Thrive Renewables, who spoke to PV Tech Premium about the UK renewable energy sector this week, said UK solar delivery is increasingly complex.
At the beginning of this year, it opened its biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) to date, a 30MWh facility in Bristol. Image: Thrive Renewables.

Thrive Renewables enters investment joint venture

August 30, 2024
Renewable energy investment company Thrive Renewables has entered into a joint venture with TopCashback that they say will help fund the next phase of the UK’s net zero transition.
New Thrive Renewables BESS begins operation on Feeder Road, Bristol. Image: Jim_Johnston_Photography_thrive

Thrive Renewables begins operation on new 30MWh BESS

January 9, 2024
Thrive Renewables has announced the opening of its biggest BESS to date in the form of a 30MWh facility located on Feeder Road, Bristol.
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Global solar and battery supply chain investigations a ‘priority’ for Thrive

September 25, 2023
Global solar and battery supply chain investigations continue to be a priority for Thrive Renewables, it said in its H1 financial results.
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Thrive hails co-ownership first as community offered share in standalone 20MW battery

March 28, 2023
Bristol-based Thrive Renewables is offering its local energy co-operative up to 20% investment in its new 20MW/30MWh Feeder Road battery energy storage project.
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Construction begins on Thrive Renewables’ first battery storage asset

May 7, 2021
A 5MW/7.45MWh battery storage project near Milton Keynes – Thrive Renewables’ first – has this month entered into construction.
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Thrive Renewables continues to expand portfolio with 20MW battery asset acquisition

March 12, 2021
Thrive Renewables has acquired its second battery storage asset, with this being a 20MW battery project in Bristol.
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Thrive Renewables enters battery storage market with 5MW acquisition

December 18, 2020
Thrive Renewables is to acquire a 5MW/7.5MWh battery storage facility from Eclipse Power Generation.
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Thrive Renewables partners with Olympus Power for £75m rooftop solar financing framework

November 26, 2020
Renewable energy investor Thrive Renewables has developed a new financing framework for commercial solar arrays with Olympus Power.
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Riding Sunbeams gains first commercial funding to help drive ‘just transition’ in transport

September 21, 2020
The solar powered rail network company Riding Sunbeams has gained its first ever commercial funding from Thrive Renewables and Friends Provident Foundation.

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