At Weston Favell Shopping Centre, the new solar installation will include 848 solar panels with 381kWp installed capacity, spread across 4,114m2 of the center’s roof space. The project planned to begin installation in early July is expected to generate over 330kWh of clean power per year, which is approximately 26% the center’s total projected consumption.
Birchwood Shopping Center in Warrington will host 452 panels across 1,564m2 with an installed capacity of 200kWp. The installation began this month, May 2025, and is projected to generate approximately 154 kWh per year, approximately 29% of the center’s overall power.
The projects are financed under PPA’s, allowing MDSR to access clean, less expensive energy with no upfront investment. Together the system will save over 145 tons of carbon dioxide per year (98 tons for Weston Favel and 47 for Birchwood), contributing to MDSR’s overall mission to reduce the emissions of its real estate portfolio.
Owen Power, CEO, Greenvolt Next UK and Ireland says, “We are thrilled to support MDSR on bringing on-site green energy to their UK retail premises. The large unused area of adaptable roof space that shopping centers have makes them perfectly suited to integrate solar installations. This type of partnerships provides the perfect opportunity to boost renewable energy generation with minimal disruption to building users, making optimal use of existing spaces that might otherwise remain underutilized.”
This partnership builds on a successful project at MDSR’s Nova Arcada shopping center in the city of Braga, northern Portugal, where Greenvolt Group developed a 1.2 MWp installed capacity rooftop system with 2,164 solar panels. This project can generate 1,531 MWh of clean electricity per year, enough to help Nova Arcada avoid 303 tons of CO2 and cutting grid consumption by 34%.
In the UK, Greenvolt Group is among the five largest producers of biomass-based electricity, with a total capacity of 68.7 MW, following the acquisition of Kent Renewable Energy in 2024, alongside Tilbury Green Power, which has been part of the Group since 2021. In the Utility-Scale segment, Greenvolt has also been expanding its presence in the UK, with a 210 MW solar pipeline and 57 MW of battery storage.
