Anesco, a U.K.-based renewable energy developer, has announced the acquisition of the 36 MW Beachampton solar project from One Planet Developments, a large-scale solar and battery storage project developer. The project was developed by One Planet Developments in partnership with Viridi Re Development, Solar Ambition Europe, and the landowner Kingwell.
The project has already secured the planning permission for the project from Buckinghamshire Council on 12th January 2024, with the project due to connect to National Grid Electricity Distribution in early 2027.
Once operational, the project is expected to generate enough clean electricity to power around 9,000 homes, while avoiding an estimated 5,700 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
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 1.1 GW 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 223 MW in planning and development. It also has three consented Battery Energy Storage sites totalling 500 MW. We look forward to further sales of our 800 MW portfolio over the coming year.
In the first nine months of 2025, approximately 29 GW of solar projects were acquired compared to 28.3 GW in 9M 2024, according to Mercom’s 9M and Q3 2025 Solar Funding and M&A report.
In December, BOOM Power, a developer of solar and battery storage projects, completed the sale of the 22 MW New Hall solar project and its remaining minority stake in the Low Farm solar project in the U.K. to Downing, an investment manager.
