Anesco has acquired a 36MWp solar farm project developed by One Planet Developments in partnership with Viridi Re Development, Solar Ambition Europe and the landowner Kingwell.

Once operational, Beachampton solar farm will generate enough clean electricity to power around 9,000 homes, while avoiding an estimated 5,700 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.

Planning permission for the project was granted by Buckinghamshire Council on 12th January 2024, with the project due to connect to National Grid Electricity Distribution in early 2027.

As part of the approved plans, and in line with Anesco’s commitment to nature-first development, the solar farm will deliver biodiversity net gains, including enhancement of hedgerows, and new woodland trees, supporting local plants and wildlife.

Hildagarde McCarville, Anesco CEO, said: 
“This acquisition is another step forward in our mission to help accelerate the UK’s transition to secure and sustainable, low carbon energy – something that has seen us successfully energise more than 1.1GW of solar and storage assets to date.

“Having established a strong pipeline of solar and BESS projects ourselves, we are excited to further enhance and expand it through strategic partnerships such as this.”

James Stoney, business development director, One Planet, commented: 
“We are delighted to have sold another ready to build solar farm project. One Planet has planning consent for 100MW of solar across two sites with a further five projects totalling 223MW in planning and development. It also has three consented Battery Energy Storage sites totalling 500MW. We look forward to further sales of our 800MW portfolio over the coming year”.

Alistair Emery, founder of Kingwell, added: “One Planet have been excellent partners to work with in realising this exciting project on our farm at Beachampton and we are now delighted to be progressing its delivery with Anesco. Not only does it play an important part in the diversification of our wider farm business, it also meets our ambitions to enhance the environmental quality of our land holdings through improving biodiversity whilst producing low carbon renewable energy.”

Anesco is a market leader in the design, build, maintenance, operation and optimisation of grid-scale solar and energy storage assets. Founded and headquartered in Reading, England, Anesco has energised more than 1.1GW of solar and storage assets, while its renewables operation and maintenance arm has more than 1.6GW of renewable energy under management. The company has a growing presence across Northern Europe, including within the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium.

One Planet Developments develops and oversees construction of large scale solar and energy storage sites in the UK. One Planet is advancing over 1 GW of solar and battery projects in the UK under a joint venture with Viridi RE GmbH and Green Enesys Group. Viridi and Green Enesys are established renewable energy developers with a proven track record and a robust combined pipeline of around 12 GW spanning Europe, North America, and South America . As Client Representative for a FTSE250 client One Planet oversaw the construction and energisation of a 20MW solar farm in 2025.

Kingwell acquires and manages rural land and property, seeking to diversify its assets through the sustainable development of redundant brownfield land and buildings, strategic sites and environmental schemes. Alongside its developments, Kingwell also delivers Biodiversity Net Gain environmental schemes on both its own land and on behalf of other landowners.

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