Low Carbon Hub seeks £500k for UK’s first solar battery
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- Low Carbon Hub is seeking £500,000 in investment to fund a 12 MWh battery energy storage system for its 19 MW Ray Valley Solar plant.
- Low Carbon Hub says the battery will make Ray Valley Solar the United Kingdom’s first community‑owned co‑located solar battery.
- Low Carbon Hub has raised over £10 million in community investment since its 2011 founding.
- Low Carbon Hub is offering shares in its Community Energy Fund via the impact‑investing platform Ethex, with a minimum of £100 and a maximum of £100,000 per investor.
- Ray Valley Solar is a 19 MW solar park that would host the new 12 MWh storage system.
- Ethex provides the direct impact‑investing platform through which public and organisational investors can buy shares.
Why it matters: The £500,000 capital will finance a 12 MWh storage system that Low Carbon Hub says will boost revenue for the 19 MW Ray Valley Solar plant and give it the distinction of being the United Kingdom’s first community‑owned co‑located battery, offering investors a stake in a pioneering renewable asset.
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