Pathfinder Clean Energy submits plans for 8MWp solar farm in Gloucestershire
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international developer of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, has submitted into planning its latest 8 MWp project near Upleadon in the Forest of Dean.
The proposed ground-mounted scheme, known as Stream Solar would generate enough power for around 2,600 homes each year or the CO2 emissions equivalent of removing over 1,500 petrol cars from the road.
The company now has more than 1GW of solar capacity in the UK in various stages of the development process and almost 300MWp fully permitted or submitted into planning. PACE has also recently announced its entry into the UK green hydrogen sector and also is commencing construction on its first assets in Canada.
Alex Ross, Director of PACE Developments said: “Stream Solar park has been in development since 2019 and PACE is delighted to now submit this into planning. The PV panels have an extremely light footprint within the fields they occupy, thus leaving many opportunities for improving biodiversity through active management for ecological and wildlife enhancements”.
“The solar farm will increase the wildlife habitat by creating new meadows, increasing hedgerows and native species planting, and replacing arable land with meadow and grazing. No agricultural land will be lost and sheep can graze under and around the solar panels during operation. The site has been designed to avoid public footpaths and new planting of native species of trees and hedges will help screen it from view”.
Pathfinder Clean Energy submits plans for a 27MW solar and co-located energy storage in Suffolk
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international developer of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, has submitted into planning another co-located clean energy project totalling 27MW of additional generation capacity.
The proposed ground-mounted scheme, known as Apple Tree Solar, is located near Wissett in Suffolk. This project would generate enough power for over 11,500 homes annually and displace the equivalent CO2 emissions of around 1,700 petrol cars, thereby making an important contribution to the UK’s climate goals.
This brings the Pathfinder Clean Energy UK solar pipeline either fully permitted or submitted into planning to over 270MWp with an additional ability to import over 70MW to battery energy storage, to provide improved grid support and flexibility as the UK works to bring forth an increasingly dynamic and clean electricity system.
The company now has more than 1GW of solar capacity in the UK in various stages of the development process and is also entering construction on its first 100 MW of projects in Canada with a follow-on pipeline to connect from 2023 onwards.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of Pathfinder Clean Energy said: “PACE is delighted to have reached the planning submission stage on this project that continues to grow our pipeline of UK and international projects.
“Apple Tree Solar is another PACE project we are delighted to submit into planning. Alongside it's benefits to the national energy outlook it will also deliver significant biodiversity benefits to the local area.
“With the high temperatures through the summer in the UK and across Europe showing the impact of climate change and the need for clean energy and increasing energy prices confirming the need for improved energy security, this project and others like it will become the backbone of the UK’s ability to manage both risks. These projects also provide long term stable incomes for our land owner partners that will also help them manage their own finances as they also have to adapt their own operations to the changing climate and the uncertainty this brings to agricultural yields.”
PACE strengthens construction team with project manager appointment in Canada
Pathfinder Clean Energy’s team in Canada continues to expand with the appointment of experienced project manager Jay Philipsen.
Jay has joined PACE Canada LP as Project Manager to assist PACE in the construction of its lead projects in the market and support its market expansion.
Jay brings over 10 years of construction and project management experience from North America and Europe and has worked for some of the leading global organisations including Google and Amazon.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of Pathfinder Clean Energy said: “We are delighted to welcome Jay onto the PACE Canada LP team as we enter construction on our lead projects in Alberta and scale up to look to enter construction on additional projects in 2023. The lead Joffre project at 62MWp will make a significant contribution to the provision of clean power in Alberta and are delighted Jay has joined us to assist with this construction.”.
PACE continues to look to recruit the best candidates into its open and new roles as we move into construction on our current projects and increase our international project portfolio ”.
Jay will be based out of Calgary, Alberta.
PACE receives approval for 39MWp Maleys solar park
Introduction
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international clean energy developer and investor has achieved planning approval for its 39MWp solar park in Norfolk.
The clean energy project supports the expansion of the Food Enterprise Park (FEP) near Norwich through onsite utility-scale solar generation, an increase in power import and export capacity and the potential for battery storage.
Energy storage can also be combined with solar to bring further flexibility to the onsite generation so the benefits of the low carbon solutions are optimised.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of Pathfinder Clean Energy, said,
‘PACE is delighted to announce the approval of Maleys Solar park that combines both grid export potential but also behind-the-meter support for onsite generation. PACE expects this to be the first of a series of intelligent utility-scale solutions it can bring to the market for forward-thinking landlords and land owners across the UK who are looking to expand their operations but in ways that are clean and contribute to their ESG targets’.
‘We will be announcing additional information on this project over the next few months but are excited to achieve planning approval and are actively advancing the technical designs to move to construction’.
Information on the Project
Maleys Solar park.
Maleys is a 39 MWp solar farm located in Easton, Norfolk just off the A47. The project will generate around 40 GWh, providing clean power to a local industrial park with surplus to be supplied to the national electricity grid where it could provide power for up to 12,500 households and displacing 9,000 tonnes of C02 e annually.
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About Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE)
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE)- established in 2017 - is an international clean energy developer and investor currently operating in the UK, Canada, Poland and Spain and with ongoing business development in other growth markets.
PACE develops its own projects (PACE Development) and also has inhouse technical advisory (PACE Technical) to provide support to its own projects and select third parties and also PACE Capital that works with the PACE projects and the market on financing, power purchase agreements and project acquisition.
PACE has ongoing development operations in UK, Canada, Poland and Spain.
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Pathfinder Clean Energy submits 13MWp co-located solar and energy storage project in to planning in Lincolnshire
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international developer of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, has submitted into planning a 13 MWp solar farm in the East Lindsey area of Lincolnshire. The proposed scheme can also include co-located energy storage.
PACE has completed a detailed local consultation process and a suite of environmental and technical assessments in order to design and submit this project.
PACE is working to enter construction on 140MWp of projects across its advanced markets of the UK and Canada in 2022 and has a follow on pipeline of 1+GW of grid capacity it is advancing.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of Pathfinder Clean Energy said: “This Lincolnshire project will add to our ever-expanding portfolio across the UK.
The proposed ground-mounted scheme, known as Mallows Solar, is located near the Lincolnshire village of Sibsey and is the company’s seventh solar project to enter planning in the UK. If built, it would generate enough power for around 4,600 homes.
“This project will be able to connect in 2023 and provide a contribution to our climate targets and energy security.
‘PACE’s growing team is excited to advance this project that adds to our portfolio where we can co-locate energy storage to provide both clean generation but also additional support to the UK electricity network. ’.
PACE further strengthens development team with appointments in UK and Canada
Pathfinder Clean Energy’s development team continues to expand with two new appointments - one to lead on our expansion of our Canadian project pipeline and one to support the UK.
Claude Mindorff has joined PACE Canada LP as Director of Development to lead on the expansion of our interest in the region. Claude has worked with PACE through the development of the current 100MW of Alberta based projects that are due to enter construction in 2022/23 and will continue to work with PACE to expand our interests to a target of 400+MW in the next few years.
Claude brings over 30 years of North American energy and construction experience and has been active in the clean energy sector for 22 years.
PACE has also appointed Andy Keelan as Commercial Land Manager to support the origination and development of new and existing projects in the UK.
Andy brings over 10 years of renewables and real estate experience with leading companies including Ecotricity and JLL. He will be supporting the development team in negotiation and management of projects and managing our relationships with our land partners.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of Pathfinder Clean Energy said: “We are delighted to welcome Claude and Andy onto the team as we grow our UK and Canadian pipelines. Both markets require the expansion of clean energy supply and innovation as the solar, energy storage and green hydrogen markets continue to grow”.
They will play a crucial role as we increase the speed of development in all our markets to achieve our targets to support the urgent move to clean energy to combat climate change and improve energy security.
PACE continues to look to recruit the best candidates into its open and new roles as we move into construction on our current projects and increase our international project portfolio.
Claude will be based out of Calgary, Alberta, and Andy will be based in PACE’s Bristol office in the UK.
Pathfinder Clean Energy submits plans for a new 48MW solar farm in Suffolk
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international developer of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, has submitted into planning its latest 48MW solar farm.
The proposed ground-mounted scheme, known as Grange Solar, is located near the Suffolk town of Diss and is the company’s sixth solar project to enter planning in the UK. If built, it would generate enough power for around 16,000 homes.
The company now has more than 1GW of solar capacity in the UK in various stages of the development process.
Alex Ross, Director of PACE Developments in the UK said: “After extensive consultation we have submitted our plans for this ecologically-led solar farm which will also see the land continue to be used for agriculture. Grange Solar will provide a substantial biodiversity net gain on site, whilst also helping to address the climate emergency declared in East Suffolk in 2019.
“Clean energy generation has never been more important for the UK, ensuring the country becomes increasingly self-sufficient in energy whilst also supporting the drive towards Net Zero. We are delighted to advance this project into planning.”
PACE Canada completes development and obtains AUC approval for 13 MWAC Hanna Solar park.
On April 20, 2022, PACE Canada received Alberta Utilities Commision (AUC) power plant approval under proceeding 27178 under the Hydro and Electric Energy Act for Hanna Solar park. This joins Joffre and Youngstown projects that achieved this milestone in late 2021. PACE will be pushing on with financing and to enter construction before the end of 2022.
The Hanna solar power project is proposed for a site in Special Areas #3 on a reclaimed portion of the Westmoreland Sheerness Coal mine.
Development work on the 13 MWAC export facility began in 2019 supported by funding through the Town of HAnna MCCAC Community Generation and Capacity Building program. PACE worked collaboratively with the Town of Hanna, Special Areas Board and Westmoreland Coal to bring forth this community based project.
Alex Ross, Development Director for PACE Group said, 'Following our recent announcement in PACE Canada LP to partner with Goldbeck Solar this builds on our portfolio we will be entering construction on in 2022. This brings our Alberta based ready to construct portfolio to over 70 MWp that soon will begin to make a material contribution to the Alberta clean energy market'.
'This project was co-developed with our previous partner Switch and we would like to thank them for their part the progress on this project'.
Pathfinder Clean Energy and GOLDBECK SOLAR join forces on the Canadian market with PACE Canada LP
A long-standing partnership becomes a strong team: Pathfinder Clean Energy and GOLDBECK SOLAR have joined forces through the joint venture PACE Canada LP registered in Alberta, Canada. Four solar projects with a total of 80 MWac are already in planning, two of them are ready for construction.
GOLDBECK SOLAR now also provides solar energy in Canada. Together with the globally active Pathfinder Clean Energy, the solar company from Hirschberg in Germany will implement the first solar plants in the Alberta region this year. For this purpose, Pathfinder Clean Energy and GOLDBECK-SOLAR have joined forces to form the joint venture PACE Canada LP.
"Canada is a perfect location for solar energy," says GOLDBECK-SOLAR CEO Joachim Goldbeck. "The solar radiation is comparable to that in Italy and the interest of local companies in renewable energy is high. We are pleased to be able to contribute with our experience to realize successful solar projects here."
Construction of two plants in Canada is scheduled to start this summer: the Joffre Solar Power Project and the Youngstown Solar Power Project.
The 47-MWac Joffre project is being built near the Joffre Petrochemical Complex in Lacombe County. The smaller Youngstown project is also ready for construction and is expected to include 6 MWac of capacity. Two other solar facilities, the 13 MWac Hanna-Sheerness Solar Project and the 14 MWac Caroline Solar Project, are still scheduled to come online by the end of 2023.
Pathfinder and GOLDBECK SOLAR have already been working together for about ten years on various projects, including in the UK market. The new joint venture will be managed by Rob Denman, Alex Ross, Joachim Goldbeck and Constantin Lindenmeyer.
PACE Canada will undertake and manage the entire project value chain, from site selection through permitting, planning, financing and offtake agreements, to create a market-leading platform for clean energy development and investment in Canada.
More information about PACE Canada LP and its planned projects is available online at www.pacecanadalp.com
PACE announces headquarters in Alberta, scaling up cleantech and solar development and investment
CALGARY, Alberta March 31, 2022 – PACE Canada, a global developer and investor in clean energy, announced today that its Canadian head office will be moving to Alberta from British Columbia as the company scales up new operations in the province.
The relocation of the Canadian office comes on the heels of a recent announcement that the company has received approval for two solar projects in Alberta by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC). The Joffre Solar Power Project will be located near the Joffre Petrochemical Complex in Lacombe County, while the smaller Youngstown Solar Power Project will be located in Special Areas No. 3. PACE anticipates both projects will enter the construction phase in 2022. PACE has also announced a strategic partnership in Canada with Goldbeck Solar who has over 20 years of experience in building solar power plants.
Through its International Team in the UK, Invest Alberta worked with PACE to provide the company with information and analysis on federal and provincial policies, potential incentives, and connected PACE with local partners to assist with relocation of its operations.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of PACE Group and President of PACE Canada LP
“We are thrilled to be relocating our corporate headquarters to Alberta as the region will provide the foundation for our new initiatives going forward. Alberta is one of the top business growth areas for cleantech making it an ideal location for PACE Canada’s future as we scale up our involvement in the clean energy sector through solar and increasingly moving into energy storage and green hydrogen. Being in Alberta gives us the opportunity to further expand our ability to service current and future market needs."
Honourable Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
“Alberta’s reputation for innovation is growing and, paired with our energy leadership, our province is the ideal place for PACE Canada to have its headquarters. We have the talent, the resources, and the business environment to attract international companies like PACE. This is one more example of how Alberta is attracting private-sector investment and diversifying our economy.”
Honourable Dale Nally, Associate Minister for Natural Gas and Electricity
“Alberta is home to the fastest growing, low-cost renewable energy sector in Canada, making our province the best location in the country for PACE Canada. With their upcoming solar facilities in Joffre and Youngstown, PACE will play an important role as our province continues to work towards a more sustainable and affordable energy future.”
Rick Christiaanse, CEO, Invest Alberta
“Alberta’s clean energy sector has experienced exceptional growth over the past decade, fueled by high levels of capital investment. Alberta’s high-quality talent, competitive regulatory environment and low corporate taxes ensure companies like PACE can set up fast and succeed without limits in Alberta.”
Invest Alberta is playing a vital role in positioning Alberta for success in a low-carbon future, and cleantech has the potential to deliver $61 billion GDP and 170,000 jobs by 2050 in Alberta.
About Invest Alberta:
The Invest Alberta Corporation is dedicated to investment attraction, with a mandate to engage the world and provide high-end tailored support to companies, investors, and major new projects. Alberta, Canada has the lowest corporate payroll and sales taxes; the youngest and highly educated workforce in Canada, and the most livable and affordable cities. Invest Alberta works to break down barriers so investors and businesses can start up, scale up, and succeed without limits.
About PACE
PACE was established in 2017 as a global developer and investor in clean energy and brings together over 35 years of experience from across the technical and financial supply chain.
Its global team can bring talent and expertise to any market or project - keeping down project specific costs and providing cost effective and efficient route for capital to the benefit of the project, the capital and each local energy market. PACE is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Media Contact
Invest Alberta: communications@investalberta.ca
For communications related to this announcement and Pathfinder Clean Energy:
Paul Taylor, Taylor Keogh Communications: +44 (0)7966 782611 / paul@taylorkeogh.com
For general enquiries: Pathfinder Clean Energy’s Ben Chippendale - +44 (0)20 7127 4542 / press@pathfinderce.com