Telis Energy UK is part of the Telis Energy Group, a European green energy development platform established in 2022 that is targeting a 10GW development pipeline by 2030, delivered through four subsidiaries across France, the UK, Germany and Italy.
The UK subsidiary’s proposals for a solar power plant, called the Leoda Solar Farm, would see 500MW-600MW generation capacity, co-located with a battery energy storage system (BESS) with as yet undisclosed capacity.
The size of the development means it is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) and thus will have to undergo a rigorous planning process and ultimately be approved by the energy secretary Ed Miliband.
Non-statutory consultation for the project will formally open on 23 January, running for six weeks. According to Telis, the development will be “landscape-led” with a design that prioritises “enhancing local biodiversity, preserving the area’s natural character and fostering co-existence between renewable energy infrastructure and the surrounding landscape”.
The indicative development area covers 2,400 acres of agricultural land northwest of Leadenham, in Lincolnshire. The specific land area has been chosen so that the development can benefit from natural screening. Telis said it will also plant native hedgerows and trees.
Telis also notes the existence of other renewable energy schemes locally, which it would “coordinate and work with” to minimise cumulative impacts.
Lincolnshire’s NSIP projects
The area is pegged for several major solar developments, with the 800MW Springwell Solar Farm, by EDF Renewables and Luminous Energy, currently in the pre-examination stage.
In February 2024, developer Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) unveiled plans to develop a 750MW solar and co-located storage project in Lincolnshire. A DCO application for the Meridian Solar project is expected to be submitted in Q3 2025.
The Mallard Pass solar power plant, being developed by Windel Energy and Canadian Solar, was granted a DCO by the energy secretary just after the election in July. It is expected to generate around 350MW of solar energy and will cover 880 hectares of land on either side of the East Coast Main Line near Essendine, partly in South Kesteven in Lincolnshire and partly in Rutland.
The Beacon Fen Energy Park, a 400MW solar PV power plant co-located with a 600MW battery energy storage system (BESS), under development by Low Carbon, is expected to enter a DCO application in March this year.
Just nearby, in Nottinghamshire, Elements Green is taking a similarly nature-focused approach to Telis with its 800MW Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park, for which the second round of statutory consultation has been launched.
