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Asset investment manager AlphaReal has acquired five solar energy projects across the UK in transactions worth over £160 million.

Energy supplier EDF today (22 February) confirmed the acquisition of the Chorley-based solar panel and battery installer Contact Solar.

EDF Renewables UK has announced the purchase of commercial and industrial (C&I) solar specialist SAS Energy.

German energy giant RWE has acquired solar and storage developer JBM Solar, making it a “top three solar developer” in the UK.

Vantage RE has entered the project development space in the UK, with the acquisition of two solar schemes, both co-located with battery energy storage systems (BESS), from JBM Solar.

NextEnergy Solar Fund has acquired a “strategic portfolio” of battery storage development projects located in a grid-congested area in the East of England.

Clean Solar Solutions (CSS) has completed the acquisition of a multi-megawatt operation and maintenance (O&M) portfolio from Powersun, which includes both roof and ground mounted sites across areas of the Midlands.

Canadian developer Boralex has acquired renewables developer Infinergy’s 338MW pipeline of renewables and energy storage developments in the UK.

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has acquired a c.68MW ready-to-build solar PV project in Cambridgeshire from AGR Renewables.

SSE Renewables has acquired a portfolio of onshore wind development projects that includes scope for 1GW of additional co-located solar development opportunities.