Martifer has sold one of the projects and entered into an EPC agreement with Lightsource Renewable Energy to construct four additional ones.

Located in the English south and Midlands, all five plants will be added to the Lightsource asset management portfolio in the UK.

Martifer will be retained under an operation and maintenance (O&M) contract.

João Cunha, country manager of Martifer Solar in the UK said he is expecting the “healthy pipeline of utility-scale projects in development to be ready to build throughout 2014 and early 2015”.

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