Solarcentury

Solarcentury
Founded1998
Headquarters
UK
Key people
Jeremy Leggett (founder)
Revenue£168 million
Websitehttps://www.statkraft.co.uk

Solarcentury was the UK's largest solar company.[1] Solarcentury was founded in 1998 by former oil geologist Jeremy Leggett, and had an annual turnover of £168 million in 2015–16.[1]

The company were in partnership with Panama-based private equity firm ECOSolar, and had acquired the 400MW Divisa Project in Panama.[2]

Solarcentury gave a 5% share of profits to SolarAid, a charity founded by Solarcentury in 2006, that supplies mini home-solar installations in Africa on a pay as you go basis.[3]

Solarcentury was integrated with Statkraft in November 2020[4]

  1. ^ a b Adam Vaughan (1 January 1970). "UK's biggest solar company takes shine to global projects with deals worth £3bn | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Liam Stoker Editor, Solar Power Portal (11 April 2017). "Solarcentury bolsters Latin America business with 400MW pipeline purchase". Solar Power Portal. Retrieved 29 May 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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