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Scottish Power enters PV business

The distribution network operator for central and southern Scotland says it wants to maximize onshore renewables potential by adding solar and storage to its clean energy business. The company said hybrid projects combining wind, solar and storage will become the industry standard in 2021.
Emiliano Bellini
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Emiliano Bellini

Grid operator and energy supplier Scottish Power has announced plans to expand its renewable energy business by adding PV to its portfolio.

The company, part of Spanish energy business Iberdrola, said it is planning to add a solar generation element to its operational English wind farms at Carland Cross, in Cornwall; Coal Clough, in Lancashire; and Coldham, in Cambridgeshire. “Of over 1,000 MW of new onshore wind projects currently being developed by the company, it is anticipated that the vast majority of these sites will also include proposals for solar or batteries, or a mixture of both technologies,” the company said in a press release.

Scottish Power added, it is planning to add solar generation to its wind farms in Scotland and Ireland as well as deploying further PV projects. “As well as retrofitting additional technologies to existing sites, as we are already doing, our strategy, going forward, will see us deliver hybrid projects as standard,” the company said. “In the next 18 months … hybrids will be the new normal for all renewable energy developers.”

Parent Iberdrola is implementing several large scale solar projects and testing storage solutions coupled with renewables capacity in Spain. The company is also present in Mexico.

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Barry Furlong
Dec 08, 2019

It’s not the network business entering PV it’s the generation business therefore the start of the article is misleading and incorrect

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Max Hall
Dec 09, 2019

Thanks Barry, I would dispute your assertion the start of the article is incorrect as Scottish Power is a grid operator, as stated. Misleading seems a fair charge though, so I’ve added the words “and energy supplier” to the intro.

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