Metlen Energy and Metals (formerly Mytilineos) has signed six EPC contracts covering a combined 313.4MW of solar and BESS.<\/p>\n
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts cover five solar power plants and one battery energy storage system (BESS), construction of which will begin throughout this year; all six developments are expected to be completed by end of 2026.<\/p>\n
Metlen will build the Hulam Solar Park and Sheraton Solar Park, 71MWp and 53MWp respectively, for Lightsource bp, both in Durham. It will also construct AMPYR Solar Europe\u2019s 55MW Scruton Solar Park in Northallerton.<\/p>\n
The last three EPC contracts were signed with Aukera Energy and cover its 18.9MW Henley Solar Park in Shropshire, and the 84.5MW Benthead Solar Park in Scotland, along with a co-located 73.3MWh BESS.<\/p>\n
Aukera secured a \u00a3135 million senior debt facility from Deutsche Bank and Rabobank<\/a> in March this year, covering five developments including the Benthead solar and BESS project, which is being co-developed by Locogen, and secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the sixth allocation round (AR6) in autumn 2024.<\/p>\n Metlen has already delivered the Northwold solar park (10MW) for AMPYR which also saw the firm construct a co-located BESS with storage capacity of 9.8MWh. AMPYR has a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the site<\/a>, which will provide the energy generated to construction company Multiplex.<\/p>\n Metlen also provided EPC for Pulse Clean Energy\u2019s standalone 73.31MWh Coal Pit BESS.<\/p>\n Metlen operated in the UK as Mytilineos Energy and Metals until June last year<\/a>, when chairman and CEO Evangelos Mytilineos said\u00a0the name change showed the company was \u201cmotivated and devoted to reaching new heights that a Greek company has never conquered\u201d.<\/p>\n The firm has a portfolio of 85 renewable energy projects completed and under development in the UK, comprising a collective 1.54GW solar and 1.18GWh energy storage.<\/p>\n In June 2024, Metlen passed off three solar PV assets to Schroders Capital\u2019s renewables infrastructure management arm Schroders Greencoat. The 110MW portfolio benefits from a PPA<\/a> signed by Metlen (then Mytilineos) and Centrica\u00a0and Vodaphone UK in 2022. The three went on to sign a second PPA covering 232MW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Metlen secured an engineering, procurement and construction\u00a0(EPC) contract for the 373MW Cleve Hill solar project<\/a>\u00a0in 2023, overseeing the delivery of the Kent-based project headed by Quinbrook.<\/p>\n NSIP or not<\/p>\n Although Metlen records the two solar plants developed by Lightsource bp as having peak capacities over 50MW, which would give them NSIP status, Lightsource\u2019s portfolio pages for both the Hulam and Sheraton PV plants give 49.9MW as the nameplate capacity.<\/p>\n