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07 Jul, 2021

Major banks support Lightsource bp’s 100MWp Barrica projects in Aragon, Spain

€52m term loan raised from leading financial backers including Banco Sabadell, Natwest, Santander and Intesa Sanpaolo Local solar investment created over 300 construction jobs

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28 Jun, 2021

Lightsource Labs partners with Pure Planet

Lightsource Labs, Lightsource bp’s in-house energy technology business, is partnering with 100 percent renewable energy supplier Pure Planet

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24 Jun, 2021

First Spanish project powers up

247MWp flagship solar energy cluster begins commercial operation Project financing by NatWest, Intesa Sanpaolo, Santander and Bankinter Producing green electricity equivalent.

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18 Jun, 2021

Spanish pipeline reaches 3GW in less than two years

Rapid expansion in Spain continues with three solar portfolio acquisitions completed in less than six months.

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11 Jun, 2021

Lightsource Labs launches Tribe in the UK

Lightsource Labs, Lightsource bp’s in-house energy technology business, today announces its partnership with renewable technology distributor Midsummer.

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03 Jun, 2021

$330m secured for two Australian projects

Lightsource bp Australia secures A$330m financing package and begins construction on its second and third solar projects Lightsource bp completes A$330m financing, reaching

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01 Jun, 2021

bp acquires 9GW of solar in US to be developed by Lightsource bp

bp reached an agreement today to purchase 9GW of solar development projects in the US from independent US solar developer 7X Energy.

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31 May, 2021

Lightsource Labs to deliver local flexibility to UK Power Networks and Western Power Distribution  

Lightsource Labs, today announces its first commercial partnerships with Distribution Network Operators in the UK.

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31 May, 2021

Auction win marks entrance to Greek market

Global solar leader, Lightsource bp sets up in Greece with major auction win and 640MWp co-development deal.

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28 May, 2021

Lightsource bp to invest €900million in Portugal

1.35GW of local solar projects identified through co-development partnership.

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19 May, 2021

Solar projects connected in 2020

Despite a global pandemic, hundreds of team members working remotely and national lockdowns for most of our offices, we still managed to make 2020 one of our best years yet.

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13 May, 2021

Lightsource bp on track to develop 600MW solar hub in NSW, Australia

Lightsource bp, a 50:50 JV with bp, has secured planning approval for upscaling plans for the Wellington North solar project.

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