Santander UK has provided £25m funding to South Farm Solar.
The 49.9MW ground-mounted solar farm near Spetisbury, Dorset, is a subsidiary of global energy producer and service provider Voltalia. Santander's support will aid construction and operation of the farm that hopes to delivery more than half of City of London Corporation's electricity, including landmarks such as Tower Bridge, Hampstead Heath, the Barbican Centre and Guildhall headquarters.
On site grid connection has been secured with Southern Electric Power Distribution with an export capacity of 40MW, connecting to an existing tower with 132kV overhead line. The South Farm site is now complete having achieved grid connection certification in December 2022, and it began providing the City Corporation with electricity in January.
