FRV opens UK office to further develop its 5 GW portfolio

FRV offers more than 15 years of experience in building and operating renewable energy solutions worldwide.

FRV opens its first UK office in the City of London. It will also house FRV’s Global Batteries Excellence Centre.

FRV has a projected pipeline of 5GW of battery energy storage (BESS) projects in the UK.

London, 27th February 2023

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, a global leader in the development of sustainable energy solutions, is opening offices in the UK for the first time. The company, which specialises in renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers, will now offer its services from its new London headquarters at 566 Chiswick High Road, which will also be home to FRV’s Global Batteries Excellence Centre.

UK is a key market and the opening of our offices here reflects our commitment to the energy transition and our ambition to lead the transformation to a more sustainable energy model.We are excited to be able to offer our expertise in renewable energy and battery energy storage solutions to UK commercial and industrial customers, particularly in partnership with Tyler Hill and FRV TH Powertek Limited.

David Menendez

Managing Director of FRV UK

The decision to open an office in the UK, which is expected to have 15 employees by the end of 2023, stems from the company’s extensive project portfolio in the region, with a pipeline of 5GW of battery energy storage (BESS) projects: Clay Tye, with a capacity of 198 MW (under construction) scheduled for commissioning in the first half of 2023, and Contego, with a capacity of 68 MWh.

With the opening of our London office, we intend to continue contributing to the UK’s energy transition and have up to 5GW of battery energy storage in the coming years, thanks to the collaboration with our partner Tyler Hill and the FRV TH Powertek Limited joint venture, a team with over 25 years of experience in the sector and with whom we are joining forces to develop our BESS pipeline here in the UK”.

Tristán Higuero

FRV's Director of Business Development

In the UK alone, FRV currently has more than 80MW of projects in operation, 200MW under construction and more than 1GW under development. Furthermore, during 2022 Contego and Holes Bay, two of FRV’s battery plants in the UK, have been the two best performing battery assets in the country, according to the ranking prepared by the monitoring tool MODO Energy. The opening of these new offices contributes to FRV’s goal of reaching 1GW of installed capacity in Europe by 2025.

Through the opening of our first office in the UK, we are setting ourselves ambitious targets to further promote our role in tackling global sustainability challenges and contributing to a better quality of life for future generations. It also underscores our commitment to ensuring our operations contribute to the UK achieving its carbon emissions targets and wider sustainability objectives.

Fady Jameel

Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel

FRV has recently announced the acquisition of two battery energy storage projects in the UK from RE Projects Development Limited (REPD) with the assistance of Tyler Hill, adding to a portfolio that already includes other notable projects such as Contego and Clay Tye. In this way, the company continues to expand its portfolio of energy storage projects internationally and continues to contribute to the evolution towards a more sustainable energy model in the UK, one of its main strategic objectives.