Burges Salmon advises OnPath on sale of Barnsdale Solar Park to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc

We have advised OnPath Energy, a leading UK renewables developer, on the sale of Barnsdale Solar Park to Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc, a London-listed diversified renewables infrastructure company managed by Octopus Energy Generation. The transaction is subject to closing conditions being met.

The Barnsdale Solar Park is a clean energy facility, located between Kippax and Allerton Bywater to the east of Leeds (West Yorkshire). Once operational, the project is expected to be able to generate enough electricity to meet the annual requirements of up to 19,000 homes.

Scheduled to connect to the National Grid via the nearby Ledston Primary electricity substation, the development is also expected to deliver approximately £1 million of community benefits over its lifetime and achieve a 106% biodiversity net gain.

The multidisciplinary Burges Salmon team was led by Corporate partner Danny Lee and solicitor Jenny Purcell, with support from Alec Whiter and James Phillips (Energy), James Horton (Construction), and specialists across the firm’s Real Estate, Planning and Tax teams.