Earlier this week, French energy giant TotalEnergies acquired a pipeline of eight solar projects from Low Carbon with a total capacity of 350MW, along with two battery storage projects totalling 85MW.
The companies did not state which projects TotalEnergies took on, but updates to Companies House have revealed most of the sites, all of which are at the ready to build stage.
Callie’s solar farm – a 39MW PV plant in Buckinghamshire, covering 80 hectares of land to the south-east of Haddenham. In 2024, Low Carbon secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) in allocation round six (AR6) for the site.
Cobwood solar farm – the 49.9MW solar site in West Sussex received planning permission from the Horsham South Planning Committee in May 2024.
Bluebell Wood solar farm – sited in Somerset, east of Rode, the Bluebell Wood solar power station was granted planning permission in April 2024. The solar plant will have a 49.9MW capacity and be co-located with a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS)—one of the two battery sites that TotalEnergies has acquired.
East end solar farm – the 49.9MW site in Essex passed through planning in May 2024.
Longlands solar farm – based in Gloucestershire, the 49.9MW solar plant also scored a CfD in AR6. It is the second of the sites acquired by TotalEnergies to be co-located with a BESS.
Two Tree solar farm – the 34MW site in Exeter between Willand and Halberton, covering 60 hectares, has a CfD secured by Low Carbon in AR6.
Parham Airfield solar farm – in Suffolk, the 49.9MW Parham Airfield site was the earliest of the sites to receive a CfD, in the fourth allocation round in 2022.
The final site is thought to be a project in Essex but is yet to be confirmed in the public domain.
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