Hamburg\/London, 8th September\u2013 greentech, a European solar and storage specialist, and Lombard, a leading UK asset finance provider, have reached financial close on the 25.9 MW Chalkpit Solar Farm in Dover, Kent. The project, backed by Lombard with a \u00a315 million senior debt facility, will see construction begin this month.<\/p>\n
This represents the first in a series of UK-based solar developments by greentech totalling about 160 MWp that have achieved planning consent and are ready-to-build. For greentech, this milestone represents a decisive step in building a long-term UK asset base under its new independent power producer (IPP) strategy.<\/p>\n
The solar farm should be energised by summer 2026. It will create enough renewable energy to power approximately 7,500 average 4-person households annually, displacing an estimated 10.000 tonnes of CO\u2082 emissions each year.<\/p>\n
For Lombard, the investment underscores its role in financing infrastructure that drives decarbonisation and energy security. Tom Bosson, Director of Renewable Energy for Lombard Specialist Sectors said: \u201cThis lending reflects our commitment to supporting sustainable infrastructure that contributes to the UK\u2019s net-zero ambitions. By working with greentech, we can help bring forward renewable energy capacity that delivers both environmental and long-term economic value. We hope to support other UK\u2019s projects of greentech\u2019s in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReaching financial close on our first UK project is a pivotal moment for greentech,\u201d said Yaw Ofori, Managing Director UK at greentech. \u201cWe are proud to enter the market as an independent power producer with a pipeline of matured projects ready to be delivered. Partnering with Lombard allows us to combine our development expertise with strong financial backing to accelerate the UK\u2019s clean energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
With multiple additional projects submitted to the NESO (National Energy System Operator) as part of the Gate 2 Grid Reform process, greentech is positioned to deliver more than 5 GW of solar capacity in the UK in the coming years \u2014 reinforcing its role as a growing IPP and contributing to the country\u2019s path to net zero.<\/p>\n
Press contact<\/strong><\/p>\n Lena Konopko E-Mail: presse@greentech.energy We are always available for press enquiries of any kind as well as statement and interview requests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hamburg\/London, 8th September\u2013 greentech, a European solar and storage specialist, and Lombard, a leading UK asset finance provider, have reached financial close on the 25.9 MW Chalkpit Solar Farm in Dover, Kent. The project, backed by Lombard with a \u00a315 million senior debt facility, will see construction begin this month. This represents the first in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57593,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57589\/revisions\/57593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greentech.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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