AMPYR Solar Europe has acquired the East Yorkshire Solar Farm (EYSF) from BOOM Power, adding a 530+ MWp consented project to its UK portfolio. The site connects to the substation adjacent to Drax power station, positioning it within established transmission infrastructure.

The insight is simple: ASE is buying scale with grid certainty in a constrained UK market.

At over 530 MWp, EYSF will be one of the largest consented solar projects in the country, capable of powering around 100,000 homes. In today’s UK grid environment, consent and substation proximity matter more than pipeline size. Securing a large, permitted asset next to a major node reduces interconnection risk and compresses time to construction.

Commercially, this is about execution visibility. Large-scale, grid-adjacent projects are increasingly scarce as queue congestion and land constraints intensify. By acquiring rather than originating, ASE accelerates deployment and locks in a strategic foothold in North England.

This signals a broader shift in the UK solar M&A market: capital is concentrating around fully consented, transmission-ready assets with clear delivery pathways. Scale alone is not the differentiator — grid access is.

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