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On October 30th, Innova Renewables officially powered up the Elms Farm Solar Park, a 27.8MWp solar facility situated north of Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. The solar park received planning approval from Stratford-on-Avon District Council in August 2022, with construction beginning in 2023. Now fully operational, the park will help reduce CO2 emissions by over 11,000 tonnes annually. On May 13th, Innova Renewables and Schroders Greencoat’s joint venture, ISG Renewables, acquired the Elms Farm Solar Park. This marks their third acquisition, following the successful operational launches of Carn Nicholas Solar Park in April 2023 and Bicker Fen Solar Park in March 2024.
Last month, ISG Renewables also secured a 15-year Corporate PPA with Anglian Water, ensuring traceable renewable energy for the company as it works towards its Net Zero Carbon goal by 2030. Elms Farm Solar Park is Innova’s third energisation in 2024, joining Bicker Fen Solar Park in March and Stokeford Solar Park in July. It also becomes the fourth operational site in Innova’s portfolio, after Carn Nicholas in Swansea, which started operations in early 2023.
Gordon Pope, Director of Project Delivery at Innova, said in a statement, “We are thrilled to announce the energisation of our fourth Solar DNO level project. Following three previous successful energisations, however, this one hits differently. At Innova, we continually strive to improve our processes and build increasingly high-quality, impactful renewable energy sites across the UK. Elms Farm is the model of how Innova plans to deliver our Solar DNO pipeline going forward.”
He further added, “The site follows our new delivery processes of early engagement and full design with our supply chain, prior to any works starting on site. With partners at GEMEC and DNOC engaging in this process this has culminated in a seamless construction build, on time and on budget. The supply chain and our internal team, led by our PM Sara Vidal Clemares, should be proud of this result.” |
