Anesco has secured planning approval for three solar farms totalling 55MW, saying that investor appetite for large scale solar and storage projects continues to soar.

The 10 MW High Meadow 2 farm, in Stockton-on-Tees, will start construction in April. Ground will be broken on Moat Farm (25MW) in Aylesbury and Woodwalton (20MW) in Cambridgeshire by the end of the year Anesco said.

The company said it had a further 600MW of solar and storage projects at the planning and ready to build stage. Some will be sold to Gresham House through a 200MW partnership on ground mount solar, valued in excess of £100 million, which was signed last year.