Solarcentury


Solarcentury is the UK's largest solar company.
Solarcentury was founded in 1998 by former oil geologist Jeremy Leggett, and had an annual turnover of £168 million in 2015-16.
The company is in partnership with Panama-based private equity firm ECOSolar, and have acquired the 400MW Divisa Project in Panama.
Solarcentury gives a 5% share of profits to SolarAid, a charity founded by Solarcentury in 2006, that supplies mini home-solar installations in Africa on a pay as you go basis.

History

In May 2017, the company announced that it was shifting its focus from the UK, where 85% of its business is, and pursuing £3 billion of projects in Latin America and Europe.
In 2019 Solarcentury announced an eight fold increase in annual profits to £14.4 million, largely due to constructing and operating unsubsidised solar farms in southern Europe, Latin America and Africa.